During an anterior hip replacement and when reaming the acetabular side, the 52mm reamer separated.The depuy tray pinnacle graters (set with all the reamers) was being used and the 52mm reamer.Each reamer is made up of two pieces.There is the bottom portion that attaches to the power and an upper part where the grater resides.When the surgeon removed the power that the grater was attached to, initially only the bottom part came out.A bone hook was used to remove the top portion of the reamer.Verified with c-arm to make sure nothing was retained.Surgery continued from that point without incident.Fda safety report id (b)(4).
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