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A Calaxo screw infection is a significant complication of ACL reconstruction — the surgery performed in tens of thousands of patients each year to fix a torn or ruptured ACL (anterior cruciate ligament). Although a damaged ACL can be fixed using a Calaxo screw, infection of the surgical area has been reported in many patients who received this medical device.
Of the knee's four ligaments, the ACL is the one that most often gets damaged during sports or from overextension. In 2007, golfing superstar Tiger Woods suffered a torn ACL. The pain and recovery time associated with ACL injuries are often major problems, and knee surgery to reconstruct this ligament is performed about 100,000 times each year in the U.S.
The Calaxo screw is designed to anchor a ligament graft to the patient's bone. It is "bioresorbable;" that is, the body resorbs it and the bone grows around it. Unlike, say, titanium screws, the bioresorbable Calaxo screw is not meant to be removed from the patient's body — it's there permanently. The Calaxo screw infections that have been reported had onsets between two and 36 weeks after the ACL repair screw was utilized in the surgery.
A number of medical interventions are possible when a Calaxo screw infection is diagnosed:
Thus it's apparent that a Calaxo screw infection is not a desirable outcome of ACL reconstruction surgery. The U.S.-based company that made the Calaxo screw, Smith & Nephew, issued a voluntary Calaxo screw recall, involving all lots of in 2007 after infections and other troubling complications associated with this product's use were reported.
If you have incurred medical bills, wage losses or other damages due to Calaxo screw side effects or infection, you are eligible to seek compensation. For more information, contact us today to arrange a FREE case evaluation with an experienced Calaxo screw lawyer today.
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