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During a hip surgery, the dr was putting the retaining ring on an es constrained liner when the handle of the retaining ring inserter broke.He was still able to use the inserter to complete the case and there was no delay.Was surgery delayed due to the reported event? no, if yes, number of minutes: 0.Action taken when event occurred? the surgeon used to inserter to put the retaining ring on the constrained liner, was procedure successfully completed? yes, were fragments generated? no, if yes, were they removed easily without additional intervention? unknown, patient status/ outcome / consequences? no, was other medical intervention (e.G.X-rays, additional procedures, prescriptions, otc, revision) required: no, is the patient part of a clinical study? unknown.
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