As reported: "surgeon reported his recollective feedback on 100 surgical cases with use of all available implant versions.His response is somewhat mixed ¿ while many items, including questions related to the bone consolidation rate and to the fulfilment of intraoperative performance characteristics were answered favorably, surgeon indicated that two of the queried adverse event types (¿bone fracture¿ and ¿implant breakage¿) were observed at a ¿more than expected¿ rate; in addition, one or more of the observed adverse events, as well as one or more of the performed revision or implant removal surgeries were directly related to the smart toe ii implants, whereas not all of these events were reported to stryker on an individual, case-by-case basis (patient level)" update received from surgeon on 03 may 2023: "problem we may encounter is a position defect in the intermediate phalanx with secondary displacement and most of the time pseudo arthrodesis or arthrodesis with a plantar flexion of the joint greater than the one initially set.".
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