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It was reported that, after a tha surgery was performed on (b)(6) 2018, the patient experienced an unspecified adverse event that led to a revision surgery on (b)(6) 2018.The stem, femoral head and liner were explanted and replaced.Current health status of patient is unknown.This information was provided by the national joint registry of the united kingdom, as part of a retrospective data collection of patients who underwent either a revision or re-revision surgery where a polarcup shell was part of the hip construct.As such, no further information will be available.
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The device was not returned for evaluation and the reported event could not be confirmed.The clinical/medical investigation concluded that, this reported event was derived from the national joint registry uk summary report for polarcup as part of a retrospective data collection.As such, no further information will be available.Without clinically relevant patient-specific supporting documentation, a thorough medical investigation could not be performed.The root cause and/or patient outcome beyond that which was reported could not be confirmed nor concluded; therefore, no further medical assessment is warranted at this time.Should clinical documentation become available in the future, a thorough medical assessment may be rendered at that time.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 revealed similar events for the listed device over the previous 12 months, but no similar events for the batch based on the historical data, this failure mode will be monitored for future complaints for any necessary corrective actions.A review of the instructions for use documents for total hip systems provides complete guidelines of indications, contraindications, warnings and precautions and possible adverse effects that may occur preoperative, during surgery or post operative.A review of the risk management file revealed this failure mode was previously identified.The anticipated risk level is still adequate.At this time, we have no reason to suspect that the product failed to meet any product specifications at the time of manufacture.No details of the alleged fault, malfunction or injury were provided, therefore no probable cause can be delineated.The contribution of the device to the reported event could not be corroborated.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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