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MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA STEM: QUADRA-H CEMENTLESS, HA COATED STD STEM SIZE 4, SHORT NECK; CEMENTLESS HIP STEM
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| Catalog Number |
01.12.24SN |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Migration (4003)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Code Available (3191)
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| Date of Event |
11/04/2019
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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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Batch review performed on 08 november 2019.Lot 156134: 25 items manufactured and released on 06-apr-2016.Expiration date: 2021-03-23.No anomalies found related to the problem.To date, 30 items of the same lot have been already sold without any similar reported event.Clinical evaluation performed by medical affairs director.3 years after primary cementless dm tha a significant subsidence of the stem is recorded.We have no evidence of the postoperative situation nor do we know when the subsidence supposedly occurred.A late subsidence of this dimension, in absence of traumas, fractures, pathological situations is extremely rare and to us inexplicable.With the information at hand, we are unable to offer a cause for the event.
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Event or Problem Description
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The patient came in, 2.5 years after primary surgery, complaining of instability due to a subsided stem.The cause of the subsided stem is unknown.The surgeon revised the stem, head, and liner and the surgery was completed successfully.
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