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Batch review performed on 27 may 2019: lot 103219: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 23-nov-2010.Expiration date: 31-10-2015.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold with another similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs manager: partial hip revision surgery (stem, head and liner) occured 8 years after cementless total hip arthroplasty in a (b)(6) year old woman.Radiographic image provided shows the presence of radiolucent lines in gruen zones 1 and 2 and signs of stress shielding suggesting implant mobilization.Aseptic loosening is a possible literature described adverse event after cementless total hip arthroplasty and causes are often unknown.The reason of this event cannot be determined.Preliminary investigation performed by medacta r&d hip project manager: pe liner shows debris of unknown reason (due to removal process or impingement events?).The material is probably coming from the internal equatorial edge.Visual inspection performed by medacta r&d hip project manager: ha layer still intact on the proximal part of the implant on few sides.Femoral neck and pe liner show signs of extraction.
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