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Batch review performed on 28 april 2022: lot 140099: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 19-feb-2014.Expiration date: 2019-01-31.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, all items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Additional device involved: batch review performed on 28 april 2022: stem: amistem h 01.18.144 ha coated lat stem size 4 (k093944) lot 133083: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 09-oct-2013.Expiration date: 2018-08-31.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medacta medical affairs director: 8 years after primary cementless tha, significant osteolytic damage is visible on xrays around the femoral stem, which became loose.The head is in a slightly eccentric position, which suggests that polyethylene wear may have generated debris-induced osteolysis.This may be verified at revision surgery.Significant wear of a highly crosslinked insert after 8 years is abnormal.Analysis of the explants is necessary to verify if a third body can have caused the abnormal wear or if the head was damaged.An update can be done if the explants are received and analyzed.
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