It was reported by a healthcare professional through a review of a clinical research report for clinical evidence on safety and performance of 5.5 healix advance kntls peek device that postoperatively to a rotator cuff repair procedure performed on an unknown date in 2019, a patient had a reoperation 147 days after the initial procedure that included a left reverse total shoulder arthroplasty due to full-thickness re-tear of the supraspinatus and then near full-thickness incomplete tear of the infraspinatus.According to the report, the patient had tendon re-tear 84 days after the initial procedure.The current status of the patient was unknown.No additional information was provided.
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If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.Additional narrative: udi:(b)(6).The lot number was unknown; therefore, the expiration date, manufacturing site name, and device manufacture date were unknown.Investigation summary: the complaint device is not being returned, it was implanted in the patient, therefore unavailable for a physical evaluation.This complaint file was opened to document complaints derived through a journal article review.The journal article review indicated depuy mitek's product failure(s).It is unknown if complaints derived from this journal article were previously reported and documented in the depuy mitek complaint system at the time of occurrence as no product code/lot number information was provided to perform the search.With the information provided, and without the complaint device to evaluate, we cannot determine a root cause for the reported problem.Since no lot number was provided, a manufacturing record evaluation or sterile load review could not be conducted.If any additional information is obtained, this complaint will be re-opened to capture that information.At this point in time, no corrective action is required, and no further action is warranted.However, depuy synthes mitek will continue to track any related complaints within this device family as a means of monitoring the extent to which this complaint is observed in the field.
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