It was reported that approximately 7 months after an initial bunion surgery, all hardware was removed in a revision surgery on (b)(6) 2020 due to what the patient believed was causing nerve irritation and medial swelling.Upon removal, the surgeon found no failure with any of the hardware and indicated the initial correction appeared "perfect" with the intended bones completely fused/healed.Although the surgeon stated that the implanted hardware was not a contributing factor to what the patient was experiencing, he was unable to determine the source/cause of the nerve irritation and medial swelling.The hardware was removed along with adding amniotic graft tissue to the incision site to aid in post-surgical healing.There were no deficiencies or malfunctions alleged/found with any tmc device, nor were there any issues with placement of the device or healing of the surgical site.The surgeon stated the patient reported the site is currently still swollen, but otherwise is "much improved".The device was not returned to the manufacturer for evaluation, as it was discarded.Device specific product and lot information was not available, therefore a review of device history records was not able to be performed.However, all non-conformances for lapiplasty system 2 (sk14) were reviewed and no non-conformances or issues during the manufacture or release of the product were identified to date that could have contributed to what was reported.The company will supplement this mdr as necessary and appropriate.
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It was reported that approximately 7 months after an initial bunion surgery, all hardware was removed in a revision surgery on (b)(6) 2020 due to what the patient believed was causing nerve irritation and medial swelling.Upon removal, the surgeon found no failure with any of the hardware and indicated the initial correction appeared "perfect" with the intended bones completely fused/healed.Although the surgeon stated that the implanted hardware was not a contributing factor to what the patient was experiencing, he was unable to determine the source/cause of the nerve irritation and medial swelling.The hardware was removed along with adding amniotic graft tissue to the incision site to aid in post-surgical healing.There were no deficiencies or malfunctions alleged/found with any tmc device, nor were there any issues with placement of the device or healing of the surgical site.The surgeon stated the patient reported the site is currently still swollen, but otherwise is "much improved".
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