The power of simplicity

Give your patient the potential to regain an active lifestyle. With the LEGION™ Total Knee System you can offer a customized solution to meet your patient’s high expectations. This system is designed to help restore high levels of function while preserving soft tissue and bone in the reconstructed joint.

Empowering surgeons to meet increasing expectations

By 2020, the demand for orthopaedic services in this country will increase by 23% while the supply of orthopaedic surgeons will increase by only 2%. With increasing cost containment and pressures from all around, surgeons are being asked to do more with less.1

Patients expect moreAs baby boomers age, their expectations of an active lifestyle will drive increasing demand for TKA performance. As the average age of these patients decreases their activity level continues to increase. Yet they demand shorter recovery times, lasting durability, functional activity and independence.

Institutions expect moreBecause of rising costs and shrinking reimbursements, hospitals must continually find ways to improve efficiency and productivity. They must balance a decreasing budget and the logistics of running a complex facility. Operating room efficiency has never been more important.

You expect moreAs a surgeon, no one has higher expectations than you do...

EnduranceMeeting expectations of patients and surgeons

High demand and highly demanding, patients are looking to recapture more active lifestyles. An earlier age of primary surgery and increasing life expectancy means implant longevity is a must.

Enduring clinical history The LEGION™ Total Knee System was built on the legacy of the GENESIS™ II Total Knee System. For more than 10 years and in more than 30 countries, the GENESIS II Total Knee System has achieved outstanding clinical outcomes.2,3,4

Enduring implant materialsPolyethylene wear has been shown to be the leading cause of implant failure. VERILAST™ Technology is the only bearing technology that addresses wear from both the femoral component and the insert. It combines the abrasion resistance of our award winning OXINIUM™ Oxidized Zirconium material with the wear properties of highly cross-linked polyethylene.5

If you’re not using VERILAST, you’ll only have half a solution.

VersatilityMeeting expectations of patients, surgeons and institutions

The LEGION™ Total Knee System empowers surgeons to address diverse challenges and simplify decision-making intraoperatively.

Patient-focusedToday’s knee implant patients present increasingly diverse scenarios. Even with thorough pre-operative planning some factors may not be visible until surgery is underway. You have to make decisions fast and you need a knee system that can react quickly and work with you each step of the way.

PathologyPrimary to RevisionOffsets, wedges and augments

Metal sensitivityOXINIUM™ Oxidized Zirconium

Range of motionConstrained, standard and high flexion inserts

AgeCemented and porous optionsCoCr and VERILAST™ Technology

Activity levelCoCr and VERILAST TechnologyStandard polyethylene and highly cross-linked poly

AnatomyAnatomically designed base plateBone-preserving PS boxOffset capability for optimal component position

GenderOptimal sizing for male and female anatomy

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Simplified instrumentationStreamlined instrumentation reduces surgical time and simplifies decision-making. As a result, you are able to achieve excellent alignment and effectively restore joint line position, giving your patients personalized joint care.

VISIONAIRE Patient Matched Technology will reduce cost, time and labor associated with sterilization, set-up and clean-up of the OR.

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Advanced technologies Reduce your OR time by minimizing cement preparation and eliminating up to 23 surgical steps from your total knee arthroplasty. By combining the versatility of the LEGION™ Total Knee System, including LEGION POROUS CR, with VISIONAIRE™ Patient Matched Instrumentation, you may be able to achieve more accurate results faster while delivering personalized joint care to your patient.

LEGION POROUS CR

VISIONAIRE Patient Matched Technology

Meeting expectations of surgeons and institutions

The LEGION™ Total Knee System offers simple solutions with instrumentation, as well as advanced technologies, that create opportunities for a streamlined and cost-effective procedure.

Give your patient the potential to regain an active lifestyle. With the Endurance of VERILAST™, Versatility of patient options and the Ease of instrumentation, the LEGION™ Total Knee System meets the high expectations of your patients, your institution and most importantly, yourself.

OrthopaedicsSmith & Nephew, Inc.1450 Brooks RoadMemphis, TN 38116USA

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The Power of Simplicity

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2. Laskin RS, Davis J. Total knee replacement using the GENESIS II prosthesis: a 5-year follow up study of the first 100 consecutive cases. Knee. 2005;12(3):163–167.

3. Snyder M. GENESIS II total knee arthroplasty: 5 to 8 year results. Smith & Nephew, Inc., 2006.

4. Bourne RB, McCalden RW, MacDonald SJ, Mokete L, Guerin J. Influence of patient factors on TKA outcomes at 5 to 11 years followup. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2007;464:27–31.

5. Peter F. Sharkey, MD; William J. Hozack, MD; Richard H. Rothman, MD, PhD; Shani Shastri, MD; and Sidney M. Jacoby, BA Why Are Total Knee Arthroplasties Failing Today? CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS AND RELATED RESEARCH Number 404, pp. 7–13 © 2002 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.