Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs director on 22 december 2017: partial hip revision surgery (stem and head) occurred 3 days after primary implantation due to a calcar fracture.This event may be due to the normal intraoperative bone weakening caused by the femoral preparation and may have occurred after weight bearing during the immediate postoperative rehabilitation period.There is no reason to suspect a faulty device.Batch review performed on 29 december 2017 lot 170813: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 07 june 2017.Expiration date: 2022-05-25.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.
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