Study Finds High Failure Rate in DePuy Synthes Attune Total Knee System
A study compiling data from several doctors found an unusually high rate of failure in the ATTUNE system. The study was published this year in the Journal of Knee Surgery (Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.). There is a high rate of debonding at the tibial implant – cement interface. The MAUDE database revealed 21 reports of tibial loosening in a short two month period.