Five days post implantation the patient came in to visit the doctor complaining of pain and discomfort.Upon xray examination, the surgeon noticed one rod in the l5-s1 construct had slipped out of one of the pedicle screws.The need for revision surgery was explained to the patient and revision surgery was performed on that day.The patient is recovering well at this time.This is the first occurrence of rod slippage reported on this or any genesys spine product.It appears that too short a rod was used when building the pedicle screw construct and there was not adequate purchase on the rod.
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