During a rotator cuff repair surgery, a stryker omega 4.75mm peek knotless anchor system brought in by the company representative was being used.The all-peek self-punching knotless anchor with screw-in fixation is a 4.75mm plastic tip.As the anchor system was being placed on top of the aperture to the eyelet, the surgeon may have hit the acromion causing the device to slid anteriorly into the deltoid muscle.When the doctor pulled the device out the anchor, the inserter was pulled off as well.After an ultrasound, an x-ray and an additional laparoscopic procedure, they were unable to locate the anchor and the patient was closed and taken to recovery.
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