It was reported that while surgeon was making a skin incision during a shoulder arthroscopy, the #11 surgical blade (taken from custom orthopedic pack) broke.Reportedly, all of the blade's broken pieces were successfully retrieved through an unidentified method.It is unknown if any issue was noted with the surgical blade during inspection prior to use and whether any excessive force was applied to or against the blade during use.No impact to the patient, the staff, the procedure, or the total length of the procedure was reported.Per report, the patient was discharged the same day and is appropriately recovering at this time.Due to the reported event and medical intervention required to retrieve the broken pieces of the surgical blade, this medwatch is being filed.The sample has been discarded and is not available to be returned for evaluation.A definitive root cause could not be determined at this time.The manufacturer of the surgical blade has been notified.No additional information is available.If additional information becomes available, a supplemental medwatch will be filed.
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