Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT HAD LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY (THA) ON (B)(6) 2011. PREVIOUSLY, PT HAD RIGHT THA AT (B)(6). BIOMET DEVICES WERE USED. PT REQUIRED LEFT THA EXPLANTATION/REVISION OF ACETABULUM AND FEMORAL HEAD DUE TO LOOSENING OF THE ACETABULAR COMPONENT, REASONABLY DUE TO METALLIC DEBRIS. DEVICES THAT WERE EXPLANTED ARE: CUP (38MM M2A) AND HEAD (28MM M2A). DESCRIPTIONS PROVIDED BY BIOMET REPRESENTATIVE. INTRAOPERATIVE REPORT FROM (B)(6) NOTES THE HEAD TO BE CATALOG # 11-173660 (LOT # 814260) AND THE ACETABULAR CUP TO BE CATALOG # 15-105054 (LOT # 727980). UPON REQUEST OF PT, THE EXPLANTED COMPONENTS WERE SENT TO THE PT'S ATTORNEY. COMPONENTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THE FACILITY. BIOMET REPRESENTATIVE MARK BUBLICK HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS REPORT ON BEHALF OF BIOMET.