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Batch review performed on (b)(6) 2021: lot 2000108: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 09-apr-2020.Expiration date: 01-apr-2025.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any other similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medacta medical affairs department: few weeks after cementless total hip arthroplasty, the patient reported pain due to a femoral fracture.During rehabilitation period, a sudden movement on a weakened bone due to normal femoral preparation may favour the occurrence of early fracture.Also the presence of an intraoperative fissure, not visible in the immediate postop x-ray, may be a possible cause of this event.There is no reason to suspect a faulty device.
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