Attune Tibia issue

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Were these docs using sigma RP or sigma FB before? Reason I ask is that the few I have heard about were FB guys who didn't have the greatest cement technique. Sigma FB tray had such a long stem/keel portion that you could get away with that. It is concerning to hear some of these even though I'm sure most are competitive reps trying to make an issue out of something.
 

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Again, can only believe half of what you read on the site, but there is a doc in my territory(I'm a Zimmer rep) who has revised 4 or 5 loose Attune tibias. I can honestly say I don't remember him revising one Sigma tibia for loosening. The Attune tibias are coming out with little effort and look like they just came out of the package. They are coming out almost as easy as the couple of Persona TM tibias that he put in. Haha
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The Attune tibias are coming out with little effort and look like they just came out of the package.
Exactly what we have seen. We have done 6 revisions last 2 months.
 
anonymous said:
There are really bad surgeons in the world that put in implants that work everywhere else.
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Marketing spitting their BS again. When paid DePuy surgeons switch because of this issue. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. In fact, go back in the timeline for attune and you will see this was brought up well before the release. I bet there's a room with a paper shredder working overtime right about now.
 
anonymous said:
Marketing spitting their BS again. When paid DePuy surgeons switch because of this issue. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. In fact, go back in the timeline for attune and you will see this was brought up well before the release. I bet there's a room with a paper shredder working overtime right about now.
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We are JnJ! That's our style!
 
remember ASR and how we spun that. I still haven't recovered politically. marketing spoke to my customer on the phone and stated we were pulling sets that weren't turning enough initially around ASR. why do we do this to ourselves
 
anonymous said:
remember ASR and how we spun that. I still haven't recovered politically. marketing spoke to my customer on the phone and stated we were pulling sets that weren't turning enough initially around ASR. why do we do this to ourselves
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Why on earth would you have your customer talk to the Depuy marketing team??
 
I have been putting in the Attune knee since July 2014 and I am seeing many of these patients with persistent knee pain and radiolucencies around the tibia. I bet I've got at least 10 or more to revise. I stopped using it as of Tuesday. I am really upset about this and I am really upset that the company has not warned me about this. They know about this problem I am certain. I am supposed to talk with somebody from the company, but based upon experience with other flawed implants from any company, I can only guess what the response will be. Is my cement technique flawed? What is the doctor doing wrong?. That is not going to work. I've been doing this for a long time and I have never seen anything like this loose tibia problem in my entire career.
 
The Attune definitely has a tibia loosening problem
 
Anonymous said:
I have been putting in the Attune knee since July 2014 and I am seeing many of these patients with persistent knee pain and radiolucencies around the tibia. I bet I've got at least 10 or more to revise. I stopped using it as of Tuesday. I am really upset about this and I am really upset that the company has not warned me about this. They know about this problem I am certain. I am supposed to talk with somebody from the company, but based upon experience with other flawed implants from any company, I can only guess what the response will be. Is my cement technique flawed? What is the doctor doing wrong?. That is not going to work. I've been doing this for a long time and I have never seen anything like this loose tibia problem in my entire career.
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A troll pretending to be a surgeon on this site. That's a new one!
 
Anonymous said:
I have been putting in the Attune knee since July 2014 and I am seeing many of these patients with persistent knee pain and radiolucencies around the tibia. I bet I've got at least 10 or more to revise. I stopped using it as of Tuesday. I am really upset about this and I am really upset that the company has not warned me about this. They know about this problem I am certain. I am supposed to talk with somebody from the company, but based upon experience with other flawed implants from any company, I can only guess what the response will be. Is my cement technique flawed? What is the doctor doing wrong?. That is not going to work. I've been doing this for a long time and I have never seen anything like this loose tibia problem in my entire career.
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