Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B)(6) 2006, I UNDERWENT A TOTAL RIGHT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY THROUGH (B)(6) IN (B)(6). THE COMPONENT USED ON MY KNEE IS A DEPUY PFC ROTATING PLATFORM SYSTEM. THE FEMUR WAS A SIZE RIGHT 4. THE TIBIA WAS A SIZE 3 MTB. THE INSERT WAS A SIZE 4, ROTATING PLATFORM, AND POSTERIOR STABILIZED 10MM. THE PATELLAS WAS A 35 -MM DOMED PATELLA. FROM THE BEGINNING, I FELT SOMETHING WAS INTERNALLY WRONG WITH MY KNEE. THE SURGERY WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT ON ME. IT IS NOW FIVE YEARS LATER, AND I CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE SWELLING ON A DAILY BASIS ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTION IN RANGE OF MOTION AND ONGOING PERSISTENT PAIN OVER THE MEDIAL AND LATERAL ASPECT OF MY KNEE. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PHYSICAL THERAPY SESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. I ALSO HAD A MANIPULATION ON (B)(6) 2006 THAT WAS ALSO UNSUCCESSFUL. TO DATE MY RIGHT KNEE IS RANGING BETWEEN 45-55 DEGREES. THEY CAN ALSO FEEL THE POLY RUBBING IN THE FEMORAL TROCHLEA. I HAVE CONSULTED WITH DOCTORS IN (B)(6), WHO FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE COMPONENT IN MY KNEE. I LIVE WITH EXTREME ON-GOING PAIN EVERY DAY. I WENT ON-LINE AND FOUND THE FDA WARNING TO DEPUY KNEE REPLACEMENT PRODUCT WHERE I FOUND 100'S OF OTHERS LIKE MYSELF WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE DEPUY KNEE REPLACEMENT. I BELIEVE THIS PRODUCT NEED TO BE THROUGHLY INVESTIGATED. TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME COMPLAINTS IS SUSPECT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHERE THE FDA STANDS ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU.