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It was reported that a 36/60 20 degree liner was placed in a 60mm r3 housing.Once the surgeon had impacted the liner, he pushed it away and the blood/fluid squirted out from between the liner and the shell.After that, it impacted the liner a little more and he continued with the procedure (with the same device).There was no smith and nephew representative in the case.
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H3, h6: the device, used in treatment, was not returned for evaluation and the reported event could not be confirmed.The clinical/medical investigation concluded that per complaint details, after impacting the liner into the shell, the surgeon pushed on the construct and ¿blood/fluid¿ squirted out from between the liner and the shell¿ which was ¿unusual for him¿.Reportedly the surgeon ¿impacted the liner some more and moved on with the procedure¿.Without the requested medical documentation, the root cause of the reported event could not be concluded.The patient impact beyond the reported event could not be determined as per complaint, the procedure was completed with the same device.No further medical assessment could be rendered at this time.Should additional clinically relevant documentation become available the medical investigation task may be re-evaluated.A review of complaint history did not reveal additional complaints for the listed batch.A review of the manufacturing records did not reveal a manufacturing abnormality that could have caused or contributed to the reported incident.At this time, we have no reason to suspect that the product failed to meet any product specifications at the time of manufacture.A review of instructions for use revealed that this failure mode has been identified.Some potential probable causes for this event could include but not limited to traumatic injury, surgical technique, implant failure or design of device.Based on this investigation, the need for corrective action is not indicated.Without the return of the actual product involved or product information, our investigation could not proceed.Should the device or 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.
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