Pieces and lots are not available for further investigations.Items involved in the event: gmk-sphere 02.12.10.0008 trial femur size 4 r lot.Unknown.Gmk-sphere 02.12.10.0112 trial tibial insert flex s4r - 10 mm lot.Unknown.
Event or Problem Description
During the primary knee surgery, while the surgeon was trialing the femur, tibia and insert, he observed that the trials were a tight fit.The surgeon kept pushing the trial tibia with the insert on it, and ended up cracking the patient's femur medially.In order to complete the case, the surgeon had to use a screw to secure the femur.There was a 15 minute delay in the case and the surgery was completed successfully.A consignment set was utilized.