Patient had motorcycle accident last year and suffered shoulder injury.Reverse left shoulder arthroplasty.Instability of implant identified with dislodgment of prosthesis on x-ray approximately 5 weeks later.Patient was taken back to surgery the next day for a revision.Per dr., looking back at original post-op x-rays, it appears that this dislodgment could be seen on x-ray about a month earlier.Radiology review does not indicate this.Concerns for infection of wound now, presenting to ed for assessment.Implant sent back to manufacturer zimmer bio-met.Per the orthopedic surgeon: i reached out to the rep.He sent photos into the zimmer biomet headquarters and will be sending the implants this week most likely.I do not know if/when we will have correspondence about the prosthesis from them.The prosthesis was a zimmer biomet reverse shoulder arthroplasty.Implants: 40 mm 3 lateralized glenoid sphere on versa dial coupler; standard 6 offset humeral tray with 3 retentive humeral polyethylene bearing.
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