It was reported that the patient was admitted due to pain, swelling and a warm knee 4 days postoperatively.Surgeon performed thorough i&d, component exchange and placement of antibiotic beads.Aspiration prior to surgery led surgeon to believe it was infected.Components were not ingrown as they had only been in for 5 days.Loosening due to time in the body.It takes approximately 6 weeks for implants to ingrow, these had 4-5 days.The whole femur was replaced to include the pin.Doi: (b)(6) 2020, dor: (b)(6) 2020, right knee.
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Product complaint # (b)(4).Investigation summary : no device associated with this report was received for examination.Depuy synthes considers the investigation closed at this time.Should additional information be received, the information will be reviewed and the investigation may be re-opened as necessary.Device history lot : a search of the depuy nonconformance (nc) quality system found no nc¿s associated with this product/lot combination.Based on the inability to find any nc¿s against the provided product code/lot code combination, it is reasonable to conclude that there are no anomalies with regard to manufacturing or inspection contained in the device history records that would contribute to the reported event.
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