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01.12.024 |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Unspecified Infection (1930)
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| Date of Event |
02/11/2019
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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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Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs department: late infection in cementless tha, 3 years and 10 months after primary operation.Infection is a known possible adverse event following every surgery, including tha's.To date, there is no reason to suspect that the cause may be linked to the implanted devices.Batch review performed on 12 march 2019: lot 146839: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 23-jan-2015.Expiration date: 2019-12-31.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, all the items of this lot have already been sold without any other similar event reported.Another device was involved in the complaint, details are reported here below: ball heads: mectacer 01.29.208 biolox delta ceramic ball head 12/14 ø 36 size s - 4, lot 148660 (k112115): (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 11-mar-2015.Expiration date: 2020-01-31.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of this lot have already been sold without any other similar event reported.
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Event or Problem Description
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3 years and 10 months after primary surgery, revision surgery performed for infection ((b)(6)) likely causing stem loosening.The surgery was completed successfully.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Additional information received from sales agent on the 15 and 18 march 2019: i made an error in the previous usage information: i gave usage and previous surgery date for the wrong hip (the correct one is the left hip).The date of primary surgery was actually on (b)(6) 2018.Lot number of the stem we are sending back was 177560, still same product number: 01.12.024.We do not have the head, as it was discarded.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs manager following the receipt of the updated data: late infection in cementless tha, about 11 months after primary operation.Infection is a known possible adverse event following every surgery, including tha's.To date, there is no reason to suspect that the cause may be linked to the implanted devices.Visual inspection performed by r&d project manager: ha layer completely intact on the proximal region.Few scratches on the neck region probably due to extraction.
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Event or Problem Description
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About 1 year after primary surgery, revision surgery performed for infection (mrse) likely causing stem loosening.The surgery was completed successfully.Stem and head swap, the head is not available, neither the lot.
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