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Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs manager: partial hip revision surgery occurred 6 years after cementless total hip arthoplasty in a heavy (b)(6) man at time of implantation.Radiographic image provided shows the presence of radiolucent lines in gruen zones 1 and 7 suggesting implant mobilization.Aseptic loosening is a possible, literature described mid term adverse event and causes are often unknown.The reason of this event cannot be determined.Batch review performed on 27 may 2019: lot 110840: (b)(4) items manufactured and released on 05-may-2011.Expiration date: 2016-03-31.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, (b)(4) items of the same lot have been already sold without another similar reported event [mdr2019-00204].Visual inspection performed by r&d project manager: tha layer completely absorbed.Deep scratch on one side, probably due to implant removal.It is not possible to determine the failure root cause.
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