Device Problems
Break (1069); Entrapment of Device (1212)
Patient Problems
Rheumatoid Arthritis (1724); Failure of Implant (1924); Unspecified Infection (1930); Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
Event Type
Injury
Event Description
Wife, (b)(6) had shoulder replacement.Got infection and hardware had to be removed.During surgery the implant puller broke and had to be stitched back up and another surgery scheduled to finish removing hardware.In meantime couldn't be on ra(rheumatoid arthritis) medicine causing high arthritis.Also another surgery.Biomet been looking into it for 3 months now.I recommend another off site facility to investigate.
Event Description
Additional information received on 2/6/2024 for report mw5151077 to update procode.
Event Description
Additional information received on 2/6/2024 for report mw5151077 to change procode to hwb.