Batch review performed on 15 april 2020: lot 182129: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 18-jul-2018.Expiration date: 2023-06-19.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any other similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medacta medical affairs director: less than 1 year after uka, the tibial component gets loose and the joint requires revision, probably to tka.Only one radiographic image is supplied, from which the tibial component looks in suboptimal position - we have no history, hence we do not know if this position was chosen at the time of index surgery or if it is the result of migration.The lateral view and the postoperative images could have helped to better understand.We have no reason to suspect a faulty device.
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