It was reported that, after cori assisted tka surgery had been performed on (b)(6) 2024, the patient experienced a fall the day after the surgery and had a quadricep tendon tear in the left knee.This adverse event was treated by a surgery on (b)(6) 2024, where the quadricep tendon was repaired but no implanted devices were revised.Current health status of patient is recovered.
|
H3, h6: given the nature of the alleged incident, the device could not be returned for evaluation; therefore, a device analysis could not be performed.The clinical/medical investigation concluded that the electronic clinical report form document the unanticipated serious adverse event as severe, unrelated to the device, but possibly related to the procedure with a start and end date of as (b)(6) 2024.It is unknown if the patient adhered to post-operative instructions/ restrictions and contributing clinical factors cannot be concluded with certainty.However, patient comorbidities, post-operative pain, and/or routine post-operative pain relief/management cannot be ruled out as potential contributing factors.The patient impact beyond the reported fall, left quadricep tendon tear and subsequent additional surgical intervention/tendon repair cannot be determined.The patient outcome is documented as recovered/resolved per the electronic clinical report form.A review of the production order did not reveal a manufacturing abnormality that could have caused or contributed to the reported incident.A review of complaint history for the part number over the past 12 months and for the batch number based on historical data of the device did not reveal similar events for the listed device.A review of the instructions for use documents for knee systems revealed in warnings and precautions, postoperative section that extreme care in patient handling is needed and postoperative patient care and directions and warnings to patients by physicians are extremely important.Protected weight bearing with external support is recommended for a period of time to allow healing.Normal daily activity may be resumed at the physician¿s direction.Patients should be directed to seek medical opinion before entering potentially adverse environments that could affect the performance of the implant.A review of the risk management file revealed this failure mode was previously identified.The anticipated risk level is still adequate.A historical review concluded that there are no prior actions related to this product and event.At this time, we have no evidence to conclude that the product failed to meet any specifications at the time of manufacture.Factors that could contribute to the reported event include traumatic injury, postoperative care and/or patient condition.Based on this investigation, the need for corrective action is not indicated.Should additional information be received, the complaint will be reopened.No further investigation is warranted for this complaint; however, we will continue to monitor for future complaints and investigate as necessary.We consider this investigation closed.
|