Batch review performed on 04 november 2021: lot 081892: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 28-august-2008.Expiration date: 2013-06-30.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, all items of the same lot have been sold without any similar reported event since 2017.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs director: 13 years after primary cementless tha an extensive radiolucent line surounds both stem and cup, and they both need revision.The tribological pairing was ceramic on ceramic, so pe debris cannot be suspected to have caused the reaction.The report does not mention infection but it does not give elements to exclude that a local inflammatory reaction took place: the situation is rather unusual, in absence of a subjective reactive process.No conclusion can be drawn to date as to the causes of this mobilization.Additional item involved in the event, batch review performed on 04 november 2021.Cup: versafitcup cc light 01.26.48mbtl acetabular shell cc light ø 48 lot.080023 (item not registered in usa).Lot 080023: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 12-march-2008.Expiration date: 2013-01-31.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, all items of the same lot have been sold without any similar reported event since 2017.Preliminary inspection performed by r&d project manager on the cup: the photo and received information does not provide any particular element to be used to determine the root cause of the event, as no particular signs are visible in the photo.
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