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Batch review performed on 17 december 2020: lot 1909324: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 12-dec-2019.Expiration date: 2024-11-26.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: cup: mpact 01.32.156sh acetabular shell ø56 no-hole (k132879) lot.2000215.Batch review performed on 27 november 2020: lot 2000215: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 06-may-2020.Expiration date: 2025-04-23.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.Visual inspection performed by r&d project manager: visual inspection performed on 16th december 2020.From the received parts, it was not possible to determine with certainty the root cause of the event, but from the surfaces a possible third body presence has not to be excluded.Clinica evaluation performed by medical affairs director: few weeks after primary hybrid tha the patient feels pain at the abdomen and can not bear weight.The cup is revised, osteolysis found cranially to the implant and a cemented cup put in place.Given the very limited time in vivo, the osteolysis could not be originated by the implant.A low-grade infection could be an explanation, but it is not mentioned in the report.If the cause for the removal was poor quality bone, certainly the implant did not play a role in this adverse event.
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The patient had pain and could not stand on the leg - through radiological examination, the surgeon saw some osteolysis on the cup.He decided to remove it and to implant a new one, 3 months after primary surgery.Since the bone was not good enough, we had to implant a cemented one.
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