| Catalog Number |
02.07.0412PSF |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
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| Date of Event |
05/18/2018
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Batch review performed on 25 may 2018: lot 148602: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 19 june 2015.Expiration date: 2020-04-30.No anomalies found related to the issue.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Other implant involved: gmk-primary tibial tray fixed cemented size 4 r reference 02.07.1204r (k090988); lot 161489: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 29 april 2016.Expiration date: 2021-04-10.No anomalies found related to the issue.To date, all the items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs manager on 25 may 2018 insert fixation screw was found loose after a traumatic event occurred 1 year and 7 months after implantation of a postero stabilized knee system.Screw removal and replacement is strongly recommended.The traumatic accident is likely to be the cause of this event but this cannot be confirmed on the basis of available information.
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Event or Problem Description
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On (b)(6) 2018 we were informed about a loose inlay-fixation screw of a primary-ps knee; the patient had a traumatic event.It is not know if the screw was loose before the traumatic event.Revision surgery performed on (b)(6) 2018 during surgery they recognized that the knee was very unstable and the lateral collateral ligament was completely missing; it is unknown if it was missing before or if it was related to the trauma.Also the tibia plateau was sunken.They finally implanted a gmk-hinge.
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