Smith & Nephew released an urgent field safety notice to warn patients and surgeons of issues with its first generation Journey BCS Knee System.
Here are four things to know:
1. The voluntary Field Safety Corrective Action relates to the system's femoral and tibial insert components.
2. Post-market surveillance data demonstrated patients implanted with the first generation system, "may have a higher risk of requiring a revision earlier than they or their surgeon had expected."
3. The system's femoral component was phased out globally in 2013-14.
4. This field action does not affect the Journey II BCS System.
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