Batch review performed on 23 november 2020.Lot#: 1901232: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 8-nov-2019.Expiration date: 2024-10-27.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs director: during post-infection revision tha in a patient with very weak bone, the femoral shaft is fractured, and a false route is taken by the femoral stem.This adverse event is to be related with the patient condition, and is not due to a defective device.
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The primary surgery was performed on (b)(6) 2020.After the surgery(the same day), the surgeon checked and discovered the tip of the femoral stem protruded from the medullary cavity at x-ray.The bone fracture occurred during the primary surgery.The surgeon replaced the stem with new one.The anterior curvature was taken in account during the planning.The trial phase was performed but the x-ray was not taken in this phase.The surgeon used posterior approach and done reaming manually (13 mm size).The size of the used components was the same as during planning and no deviation from the surgery technique was done.The bone of the patient was weak, previously this patient had a revision due to infection(competitor implants), and this implants were replaced with cement mold.
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