KNEE IMPLANT USED BY NHS KNOWN FOR YEARS TO BE FAULTY
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✍️ A knee-replacement implant, used in thousands of UK operations, was known to have a concerning failure rate eight years before it was finally withdrawn, leaving patients with long-lasting health problems.
👉 The NexGen knee implant had a concerning failure rate eight years before it was withdrawn. 👉 Patients experienced severe pain, immobility, and addiction to painkillers. 👉 Zimmer Biomet took too long to acknowledge the problem and failed to act quickly enough. 👉 Patients had to undergo second corrective operations. 👉 The cost of rectifying the problem is estimated to run into millions of pounds.
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