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Batch review performed on 05 february 2021: lot 170876: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 12-jul-2017.Expiration date: 2022-07-02.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.Preliminary investigation performed by medacta r&d hip project manager: looking at the image attached to the complaint is visible that the ha coating as been absorbed by the patient bone as expected.Indeed the surgery was 4 hours long to remove the stem to the bone, meaning that it was very well osterointegrated.A scratch is visible on the stem tip probably caused during the revision surgery.It is not possible to determine the root cause of the radiolucency lines caused of this complaint.Clinical evaluation performed by medacta medical affairs director: hip revision surgery performed 2 years and 7 months after cementless total hip arthroplasty in a young man ((b)(6) year old).Radiographic image shows the presence of minimal radiolucent lines in gruen zone 1, no pain was reported.In some cases, minimal radiolucencies are seen after cementless total hip arthroplasty but this finding alone may not be related to implant loosening.It is a surgeon choice to remove the implant.During revision surgery, the stem was difficult to remove suggesting that some sort of fixation occurred.The reason of this event cannot be determined.
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