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See d10 additional concomitant part, h4, h6 and h11.The agent reported "(the patient came into doctor's office with right shoulder pain after reverse shoulder revision.X-ray revealed the patient's stem had spun in the humeral canal and a fracture was present at distal tip of stem.After taking interoperative cultures, it was determined the patient was infected.The surgeon took out all previous hardware and put in along reverse stem with a hemi head, as a cement spacer)".The previous surgery and the surgery detailed in this event occurred 2 months and 3 weeks apart.This evaluation is limited in scope as limited information was provided to djo surgical - austin for review.If information regarding cultures identified in the infection, the severity of the infection or any other relevant information is submitted at a future date, this investigation will be re-evaluated.There was no information submitted with this complaint about any patient activities, accidents, or medical contraindications that may have contributed to the reported event.There were no findings during this evaluation that indicate the reported devices were the source or had a direct connection with the patient's infection.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 was a nonconformance associated with the concomitant part #509-02-032, ar, small socket insert, 32mm neutral eplus which document that out of 20 parts lot 1 item was rejected and scrapped during dimensional inspection.All other items in the lot were met with fit, form and function requirements.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 an infection, pain and fracture.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 possible infection or inhibited the patient's immune system.There are multiple factors that may contribute to an infection that are outside the control of djo surgical.
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