| Catalog Number |
01.18.402 |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Bone Fracture(s) (1870)
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| Date of Event |
12/20/2018
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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 17 january 2019: lot 180725: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 28-jun-2018.Expiration date: 2023-06-12.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs manager: femoral fracture occurred few days after cementless total hip arthroplasty in a (b)(6) woman.The event occurred during the walking rehabilitation period of time where a sudden movement on a weakened bone due to intraoperative preparation may facilitate the occurrence of bone fractures.There is no reason to suspect a faulty device.Preliminary investigation performed by r&d project manager: from preliminary visual analysis, it is not possible to relate any failure root cause to the implant.
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Event or Problem Description
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9 days after the primary the patient presented a fracture at the level of the lesser trochanter.The surgeon revised the stem and the ceramic head successfully.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On 10 may 2019 the r&d project manager made the following analysis on the retrieved devices: femoral stem shows small scratches on the neck right under the taper.Ha layer is intact.It is not possible to highlight an implant-related failure root cause.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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