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Revision surgery - subsequently the patient dislocated his hip on two different occasions.Surgeon decided to do a revision to stabilize the hip.Intraoperatively, he found it necessary to remove all of the implants and go from a 17 lateral taperfill to a 19 lateral taperfill.He also elected to use a 58mm bipolar with 28mm +10.5mm femoral head instead of the 60mm unpolar/+3.5mm offset sleeve.The new construct proved much, more stable throughout range of motion.There were no issues during the original nor the revision surgery.
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The reason for this revision surgery was reported as dislocation.The previous surgery and the surgery detailed in this event occurred 37 days apart.The healthcare professional indicated there was no delay in surgery and another suitable device was available for use.The revision surgery was completed as intended.The devices were disposed of at hospital and not made available to djo surgical for examination.A review of the device history records (dhr) show that the reported components used in the previous surgery, when released for use, met design and manufacturing requirements.There were no non-conforming material reports (ncmr) associated with the products that may have contributed to the reported event.The devices were verified to have gone through an acceptable sterilization process and were within its expiration date at the time of the previous surgery.Customer complaint history of the reported devices showed no present trends or on-going issues that are needing a review.The root cause of this complaint was a revision surgery due to dislocation.There were no findings during this evaluation that indicate the reported devices were defective.No information was submitted with the complaint regarding pre-existing conditions of the patient or any activities the patient was involved in that may have contributed to the event.Due to short time between previous and revision surgery, it is possible that the event may have occurred due to lack of post-operative care, patient noncompliance with medical instructions, incorrect implant selection, patient activities or trauma.There are multiple factors that may also contribute to an event that are outside the control of djo surgical.There are no indications of a product or process issue affecting implant safety or effectiveness.Additional reporting on this event will be provided as a supplemental report to this document if it becomes available.
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