Description of Event or Problem · 1
PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE LEFT SHOULDER. A LEFT TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY WAS PERFORMED USING A SMITH AND NEPHEW PROMOS SHOULDER SYSTEM. AFTER HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SHOULDER, THE PATIENT CAME BACK ABOUT A YEAR LATER AND HAD THE HARDWARE REMOVED. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THIS PARTICULAR SCREW SET WAS RECALLED IN JANUARY 2010 (SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE PATIENT HAD DEVICE REMOVED).====================== HEALTH PROFESSIONAL'S IMPRESSION======================IT WAS FOUND THAT THIS WAS A RECALLED DEVICED BASED ON A 1/14/10 LETTER FROM STERICYCLE, INC. THE PHYSICIAN FELT IT HAD BEEN BROKEN QUITE A WHILE AS HE FOUND THAT THE GLENOID HAD BOTH EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFICANT WEAR AT THE INFERIOR MARGIN AND ALSO A BIG GOUGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GLENOID AND EVIDENCE OF SUBTLE LOOSENING OF THE PROSTHESIS.====================== MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR INCLINATION SET, PROMOS======================RECALLED 1/14/2010