This complaint has been generated based on findings discovered during post market surveillance pmcf study review.The alleged loosening of one distal locking screw included in the study could not be confirmed, since the device was not returned for evaluation and no other additional information will be made available.More detailed information about the patient medical history, the event circumstances, radiographs and the involved device(s) must be available in order to determine the root cause.If any additional information becomes available, the investigation will be reopened and re-evaluated accordingly.Device disposition is unknown.
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The manufacturer became aware of a pmcf final study report that was conducted by university of louisville in the usa.The title of this report is ¿a retrospective data collection of the treatment of femoral fractures with the femoral nail greater trochanter (pf) of the t2 alpha femur antegrade gt/pf nailing, which is associated with the stryker ¿t2 alpha femur antegrade gt/pf nailing¿ system.This report includes analysis of the clinical data that was collected on 28 patients, the cases in this study range from march 2019 through august 2020.During the review of the literature, it was not possible to establish a specific device details, patient information, and at this time no additional device information is available.It was reported that one patient experienced loosening of one distal locking screw.The report states: ¿patient a [¿] the second device was 13*360 alpha femoral nail pf.A radiograph was performed 160 days after the revision surgery, it showed interval healing with loosening of one distal locking screw (which was probably due to the devise), no further revision was determined, patient was put on electric stimulator and physical therapy then lost follow up.¿.
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