An event regarding periprosthetic fracture involving an unknown accolade stem was reported.The event was not confirmed.Conclusions: neither the event could be confirmed nor the root cause could be determined because insufficient information was provided.Further information such as return of device, pre- and post-op x-rays, patient history, histopathology report & follow-up notes are needed to investigate this event further.If additional information and/or device becomes available, this investigation will be reopened.
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Revision of right hip.Update: this patient had an original surgery done 1 to 2 weeks prior to the revision.Patient fell and had a periprosthetic fracture.Surgeon removed the accolade stem and head, fixed the fracture, and replaced it with a cone/conical and femoral head.
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