| Catalog Number |
71331852 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Unintended Movement (3026)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Injury (2348)
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| Date of Event |
07/21/2017
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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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It was reported that a patient underwent a second revision surgery due to a mechanical loosening of left internal hip prosthesis.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The associated complaint devices were not returned for evaluation.No valid information for clinical investigation, therefore no further medical assessment can be rendered at this time.A review of the manufacturing records for the listed batches did not reveal any deviation from the standard manufacturing processes.A review of complaint history on the listed parts revealed no additional complaints for this failure mode with the same batch number.Without the return of the actual product involved information, our investigation of this report is inconclusive.No further actions are being taken at this time.Should additional information be received, the complaint will be reopened.We consider this investigation closed.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Additional information received by the manufacturer has identified that this event should be re-evaluated for mdr reporting.The new information states that only one smith and nephew device was explanted on this revision surgery which is already captured under report 1020279-2018-00220 therefore, it was determined that this case does not meet the threshold for reporting and is a non-reportable event.If further details are provided confirming the occurrence of a reportable event, our files will be updated accordingly and a further report submitted outlining both the event details and our investigations performed.
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