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Batch review performed on 09 july 2020: lot 189853: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 11-feb-2019.Expiration date: 2024-01-09.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.Additional implant involved: ball heads: mectacer 01.29.211 biolox delta ceramic ball head 12/14 ø 36 size xl +8 (k112115) lot.177710.Batch review performed on 13 july 2020: lot 177710: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 27-feb-2018.Expiration date: 2023-02-13.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.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs director: few months after primary cementless tha a revision is required due to subsidence of the femoral stem which caused a calcar fracture.We have only one radiographic projection available that shows a stem possibly undersized (difficult to judge from one projection).The patient seems to have got very small bones yet he is reported to be >(b)(6) kg; this combination is of course detrimental to the chances of stabilization for the cementless stem, as specified in the instructions for use.We could see no indication of a potentially defective device.
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