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498-32-052 |
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Information (3190)
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| Date of Event |
01/10/2018
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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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Additional reporting on this event will be provided as a supplemental report to these document as soon as it becomes available.
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Event or Problem Description
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Revision surgery - patient undergoes removal of right hip and placement of antibiotic spacer."gross purulence" observed in right hip which caused surgeon to decide to remove the (encore) hip components and place an antibiotic spacer.The operative report does not reflect the finding of any pseudotumor.
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Event or Problem Description
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Third revision surgery - patient undergoes removal of right hip and placement of antibiotic spacer."gross purulence" observed in right hip which caused surgeon to decide to remove the (encore) hip components and place an antibiotic spacer.The operative report does not reflect the finding of any pseudotumor.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Manufacturer narrative: the reason for this revision surgery was reported as pain.The previous surgery and the surgery detailed in this event occurred 2 months and 1 month apart.The healthcare professional indicated there was no delay in surgery and another suitable device was available for use.The revision surgery was completed as intended.The devices were disposed of at hospital and not made available to djo surgical for examination.A review of the device history records (dhr) show that the reported components used in the previous surgery, when released for use, met design and manufacturing requirements.There was no non-conforming material reports (ncmr) associated with the products that may have contributed to the reported event.The devices were verified to have gone through an acceptable sterilization process and were within its expiration date at the time of the previous surgery.Customer complaint history of the reported devices showed no present trends or on-going issues that are needing a review.The root cause of this complaint was a revision surgery due to pain in right hip.There were no findings during this evaluation that indicate the reported devices were defective.No information was submitted with the complaint regarding pre-existing conditions of the patient or any activities the patient was involved in that may have contributed to the event.There are multiple factors that may contribute to an event that are outside the control of djo surgical.There are no indications of a product or process issue affecting implant safety or effectiveness.
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