An event regarding dislocation involving an adm liner was reported.The event was confirmed.Method & results: product evaluation and results: the device was not returned for evaluation.Medical records received and evaluation:review of medical records by a consulting clinician noted: "on (b)(6) 2015 and (b)(6) 2015 she sustained recurrent posterior dislocations of her left hip, treated with closed reduction.Product history review: review indicated all devices were manufactured and accepted into final stock with no relevant reported discrepancies.Complaint history review: there have been 3 other events for the lot referenced, however, they are for the same patient.Conclusions: review of medical records by a consulting clinician confirms dislocation as noted: "on (b)(6) 2015 she dislocated her left total hip and a closed reduction was performed.In this case complicated by polyarticular disease, steroid dependant asthma, and recurrent instability requiring acetabular revision to a larger shell, the preparation of the acetabulum for the larger component likely compromised the integrity of the medial porotic acetabular wall resulting in the protrusio and failure of fixation requiring the cage reconstruction.While the mri of (b)(6) 2014 is consistent with particle disease, it is not diagnostic, which would require histopathology, which is not diagnostic in this case.The modest elevation of cobalt and normal chromium levels is not unexpected in a patient with three major joint arthroplasties and does not necessarily represent pathology.Infections are often difficult to diagnose in total hip arthroplasty, and with the elevated esr and crp it was never completely ruled out.The combination of multiple surgeries, osteoporotic bone, muscle atrophy and incompetence, all contributed to the recurrent instability in this case.In the absence of examining the explanted components, no definitive case can be made that this complex clinical picture was the result of trunnionosis or factors related to component design, manufacturing or materials." the exact root cause could not be determined.Additional information such as examination of the explanted components are needed to further evaluate and determine a root case.If devices or additional information become available, this investigation will be reopened.
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