| Model Number |
38AC3600 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Material Disintegration (1177)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Pain (1994); Reaction (2414)
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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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This event will be updated once the investigation is complete.Trends will be evaluated.
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Event or Problem Description
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Allegedly, patient presented elevated cobalt ion levels and pain.The device failed due to corrosion at the neck-stem junction of the device, corrosion on the oblong taper where the neck was seated in the pocket of the profemur titanium stem, which caused adductor damage, soft tissue reaction and pseudotumor reaction.During the revision the surgeon removed the failed components of the profemur total hip system.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Additional information received on (b)(6) 2020.Reason for voided: duplicate of incident group: 19020306.- attachment: [1.Fdatimingletterunreportingduplicate20020004.Pdf].
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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