On the date of event, the surgeon had performed a makoplasty total hip arthroplasty using the robotic arm interactive orthopedic system (rio) and the restoris pst/tfs total hip system.In conversation a few weeks later, mako was informed that a small calcar crack occurred during broaching.The surgeon placed a cerclage wire and continued broaching.The surgeon struggled to broach and noted that the patient had very hard bone.An intraoperative x-ray was taken to evaluate the femur because the surgeon could not get past the size 2 broach, when a size 4 stem was planned.The surgeon used some of the specialized tools in the pst instrument set to continue broaching, and placed the implants.Subsequently, the scrub tech noted that the hip made a popping sound.The surgeon ordered another x-ray, and noted a femoral fracture near the lesser trochanter.The surgeon then removed the psi stem, and placed a stryker restoration stem with a cerclage wire.
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