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H6: the device, used in treatment, was not returned for evaluation and the reported event could not be confirmed.The clinical/medical investigation concluded that, reportedly, the patient underwent revision approximately 10-13 years post implantation due to ¿a broken post¿.Per correspondence, the requested medical documentation was not available for this case.Without the requested documentation, the clinical root cause of the reported event could not be fully confirmed nor concluded.The patient impact beyond the reported post breakage and revision could not be determined.No further medical assessment could be rendered at this time.Should clinically relevant documentation and/or product evaluation results become available, the clinical/medical task may be re-evaluated.A review of the manufacturing records did not reveal a manufacturing abnormality that could have caused or contributed to the reported incident.A review of complaint history did not reveal additional complaints for the listed batch.A review of the risk management file and instructions for use documents revealed this failure mode was previously identified.At this time, we have no reason to suspect that the product failed to meet any product specifications at the time of manufacture.Some potential probable causes for this event could include but not limited to traumatic injury or surgical technique.Based on this investigation, the need for corrective action is not indicated.Without the return of the actual product involved, our investigation could not proceed.Should the device or additional information be received, the complaint will be reopened.No further investigation is warranted for this complaint; however, we will continue to monitor for future complaints and investigate as necessary.We consider this investigation closed.
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