SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS LTD RESURFACING FEMORAL HEAD 38MM; PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/METAL, RESURFACING
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Catalog Number 74121138 |
Device Problems
Corroded (1131); Appropriate Term/Code Not Available (3191)
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Patient Problem
Toxicity (2333)
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Event Date 10/16/2019 |
Event Type
Injury
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Event Description
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It was reported a left hip revision surgery was performed due to cobalt toxicity, metal corrosion particles, alval with large cystic tract all the way down to the hip joint itself and the head itself showed corrosion deep within the trunnion interspace.
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