| Model Number |
Maxilla Cutting Guide |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size (1583)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions (4582)
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| Date of Event |
01/19/2023
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Event or Problem Description
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While performing surgery to place a temporomandibular joint prostheses, the surgeon reported that predictive holes that were predrilled utilizing a 3d systems maxilla cutting guide did not properly position a fossa prothesis.The surgeon needed to remove the prothesis along with the screws fixating it and adjust the position of the fossa prosthesis as a result.The surgeon reported the guide did not adequately engage the patient's anatomy to register the guide in the anterior/posterior directions.
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