It was reported that the surgeon did a trial reduction under tension, heard a cracking noise then noticed the trial had bent at the junction of the 50mm trial length and the proximal body.The discovered the central peg had snapped off and broken.Then went to trial using the definitive implants instead.Surgery progressed after slight delay.The patient was stable was they left the or.The rep was present at the time of the surgery.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Section h10: (h3) the broken instrument reported may have been the result of applying a bending moment to the tines of the middle segment trial while attempting to disassemble the device from the mating proximal body trial, resulting in fracturing of the tines of the middle segment trial.*no information provided in the following section(s): a3, a4, a5, b6, d6, d7, d11, g5, g8, h4, h6, h7.
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
Section h11: the following sections have corrected information: (b1) product problem (e.G., defects/malfunctions).(h1) type of reportable event: malfunction.