Batch review performed on 08-oct-2021: lot 162125: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 17-jun-2016.Expiration date: 2021-06-06.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, all items of the same lot have been sold without any similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medacta medical affairs department: 5 years after primary cementless tha the patient reports pain and the radiograph reveals that the femoral stem is broken at neck level.We have one radiograph, taken after the fracture took place, so we cannot draw any conclusion.The event is extremely rare.Analysis of the explants is mandatory in order to understand the mechanisms of the fracture.
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