Description of Event or Problem · 1
FAILED IMPLANTED HARDWARE (IMPLANTS- PEDICLE SCREWS, RODS, AND SET SCREWS) PATIENT REQUIRED SURGERY FOR REMOVAL/ REPLACEMENT OF HARDWARE ORIGINALLY PLACED [DATE REDACTED], REMOVED [DATE REDACTED]. PATIENT RETURNED TO SURGERY WITHIN 18 DAYS DUE TO DEVICE FAILURE. PT PRESENTED WITH COMPLAINT OF RIGHT LEG PAIN- WORSE SINCE SURGERY. FAILED HARDWARE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH NEW HARDWARE. PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH ANCEF 2GM IV Q8 (EVERY 8) HOURS DURING HOSPITAL STAY. PATIENT WAS NOT SENT HOME WITH RX (PRESCRIPTION) ANTIBIOTICS. AT DISCHARGE, PATIENT WAS AFEBRILE, ALERT, ORIENTED, AND AT BASELINE, VITAL SIGNS ARE CONSISTENT WITH PRE-ADMISSION BASELINE, PATIENT IS AMBULATORY, TOLERATING PO INTAKE, NO MOTOR OR SENSORY DEFICITS ON EXAM. PATIENT HAS APPROPRIATE TENDERNESS TO INCISION SITES, AND PATIENT DENIES SEVERE PAIN. PATIENT'S PAIN IS CONTROLLED ON ORAL MEDICATIONS. PATIENT HAS BEEN GIVEN DISCHARGE AND WOUND CARE INSTRUCTIONS ALONG WITH STRICT RETURN PRECAUTIONS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THIS ADMISSION AND SURGICAL PROCEDURE. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT FOLLOWED UP WITH OUR FACILITY. PATIENT REFUSED TO RELEASE THE HARDWARE TO THE MANUFACTURER.