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Allegedly, the patient alleges that the conserve left hip prosthesis implanted on (b)(6) 2011, failed, requiring revision on (b)(6) 2024.The patient alleges that he experienced pain and adverse local tissue reaction.
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The alleged complaint could not be confirmed.Mpo was notified of this event through email.Based on the alleged information, this male patient experienced paint and adverse local tissue reaction from the hip construct.This patient had a metal-on-metal articulation between a conserve® plus cup and a conserve® a-class® bfh femoral head.The patient also had a long varus profemur® modular neck of cobalt-chromium and a profemur® modular z stem of titanium alloy.The reported information indicates that the patient underwent a revision operation approximately 158 months after the index operation.The details of the revision operation are unknown.Mpo has not received the explanted devices for evaluation.Furthermore, mpo has not been provided with radiographs, images, operative notes, or other clinically relevant information.Therefore, the alleged complications cannot be confirmed from the provided information.Review of the device history record (dhr) for the subject manufacturing lots indicates that these products met all established acceptance criteria throughout manufacturing processes.Review of historical complaint data does not indicate any complaint trends for the subject manufacturing lots.The alleged complications involving metal-on-metal bearings are addressed by wd011615 complaint investigation of metal on metal hip implants.The remainder of this investigation will focus on the cocr neck.Adverse patient reactions concerning cobalt chrome modular necks have been investigated through corrective and preventive action (capa) #282.This capa determined the following: "the potential for a patient reaction when implanted with a profemur® cocr modular neck is a known risk for this product technology.A combination of patient and surgical factors can contribute to an elevated risk of an adverse patient reaction.These factors include, but are not limited to, patient sensitivity, surgical technique, patient weight and activity level." there were no product or lot trends identified for these alleged complications at the time of this complaint.Mpo is unable to provide any additional conclusions regarding this event.Mpo will continue to monitor this issue through complaint tracking.
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