During the operation: after curettage of the cystic lesion in the femoral head, the surgeon in charge of the patient implanted the "bone void filter (hereafter, this product)" into the resultant defect.Postoperative course: about 20 months after the surgery, it became clear that the treated femoral head had become necrosed (osteonecrosis of the femoral head).Thus, the surgeon determined to carry out reoperation.During the reoperation: the surgeon partially resected the femoral head, which was followed by hip resurfacing arthroplasty.During the reoperation, it was confirmed that the region into which this product had been implanted in the previous operation was mostly replaced with new bone.About six years after the reoperation: the patient has developed severe heterotopic ossification around the affected hip joint.Although the patient has not complained of pain, the range of motion of the affected hip joint is restricted.Surgeon's opinions: considering the properties of this product, we concluded that this product would hardly cause this type of adverse event, heterotopic ossification.We suppose that this adverse event attributes to other factors such as fine bone powder generated during surgery and hematomas.
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