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| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Inflammation (1932)
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| Date of Event |
09/07/2016
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The device was not returned and no additional information could be obtained.The leakage to soft tissue and subsequent inflammation, swelling and drainage was thought to be caused by insufficient wound closure and/or uncontained void and/or early load-bearing.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that patient had a benign tumor removed from the distal tibia.The 54 ml cerament were used to fill the bone void.Almost 2 months after surgery the patient presented at the hospital with a painful swelling of the lower leg.Hospital stated that the cerament "leaked" out of the void and into the soft tissue.Cerament was removed, bone void debrided and filled with palacos bone cement with gentamicin.No infection was noted by the surgeon and no cultures were taken.The above is based on information received from the distributor.
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