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1218-87-652 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Fracture (1260)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Insufficient Information (4580)
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| Date of Event |
06/25/2021
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that reason for revision was ceramax liner fracture.Surgery done approx.1 year ago.There was no unusual/traumatic event that led to the prothesis failure.The patient was simply walking when the event happened.The ceramac liner had a full/complete fracture.The surgeon verified interop that implant position looked adequate, and couldn't identify any potential problems that could have led to the implant failure.Surgical delay of 1 hour.Doi: (b)(6) 2020.Dor: (b)(6) 2021; unknown affected side.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).This report is being submitted pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which has not been investigated or verified prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by depuy synthes joint reconstruction, or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the product, depuy synthes joint reconstruction, or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report.H6 medical device problem code: fracture (e040101) was added to capture implant fragment left in patient.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial report, a follow-up report will be filed as appropriate.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information received indicated that the patient had shards of ceramic liner spreading into the hip.All of the pieces found were removed, however, there were likely still more that were not found.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).Investigation summary : no device associated with this report was received for examination.Examination of a provided photograph of the explanted device confirms the reported material fracture.It is not possible to however to determine a root cause using device photography.A review of the device manufacturing records found no related deviations or anomalies.The information received will be retained for potential series investigations if triggered by trend analysis, post market surveillance, or other events within the quality system.Depuy considers the investigation closed.Should additional information be received, the information will be reviewed, and the investigation will be re-opened as necessary.Device history lot : a review of the device manufacturing records found no related deviations or anomalies.Device history review: a review of the device manufacturing records found no related deviations or anomalies.
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