A pt had rec'd a partial knee arthroplasty, which was performed using the robotic arm interactive orthopedic system (rio) and restoris multicompartmental knee (mck) implants.More than six months later, the surgeon performed an arthroscopic procedure to see if soft tissues were causing a new occurrence of pain in high knee flexion.The issue was resolved, but one of the arthroscopy ports became infected.On the date of event, the surgeon performed an incision and drainage (i&d) procedure and exchanged the onlay insert component.The component was replaced with a component of the same size and thickness, and new cross linked material.
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As part of normal complaint f/u, an eval of the event has been initiated by mako surgical.The infection is reportedly linked to the arthroscopic procedure, and not to the mako device.At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that the rio or mck implants contributed to the infection.The eval is ongoing, and a supplemental report will be filed if add'l info is obtained.
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