This is the final report submitted regarding this surgical event and medical device.The information contained in this report is being provided to the fda to comply with regulations regarding medical device reporting and is based on information submitted by others that may or may not be factually correct.This submission does not constitute a determination or admission that a device has malfunctioned or is related to a death or injury.For this event, trending analysis revealed this issue frequently occurred when surgeons attempted to seat the baseplate/screw construct, did not gain adequate fixation, then attempted to remove the screw from the baseplate to change the screw size.Testing has confirmed that once implanted the construct became "married" to the point that the screw cannot be removed.This issue has been escalated within our quality system and a note explaining this screw / baseplate event will be added to the surgical technique for the device system.
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