A (b)(6) patient who had a stent placed in mid (b)(6) was found to be having issues that required removal of the stent in late (b)(6) and subsequently an interventional radiology procedure at the end of (b)(6) to retrieve additional fractured pieces.The stent broke when attempting to remove it and additionally fractured further after removal and examination in the sterile field.Unfortunately risk was not made aware of this incident until today and investigation determined that it was sent back to the manufacturer but our supply chain medsun rep was not notified.I further investigated and unfortunately none of the pieces from the ir retrieval procedure were retained.
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