A patient had received a partial knee arthroplasty, which was performed using the robotic arm interactive orthopedic system (rio) and restoris multicompartmental knee (mck) implants on (b)(6) 2014.Almost a month later, the patient was reportedly walking without support, and fractured the tibia.The wound was also infected, so the patient was treated at a different hospital, and an exchange of the onlay tibial insert component was performed.
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An evaluation of this event is currently underway at mako surgical.The patient's activity was reportedly non-compliant with the doctor's recommendations.The issues experienced by the patient are reportedly not attributed to the rio or the implants.An onlay tibial insert, or poly, exchange is a common and routine practice following infection of the knee joint with arthroplasty components as a preventative measure to ensure that no infectious organisms are present on the poly after the joint is washed out.
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