ROTATING HINGED TOTAL KNEE PROSTHESIS

Description of Event or Problem

PER CONVERSATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE ROOM, PATIENT PRESENTED TO SURGEON WITH A DISLOCATED ENDO KNEE. SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED AND IT HAD BEEN THAT WAY "FOR A WHILE". DR. WAS ABLE TO EXPOSE THE KNEE, REMOVE THE OLD TIBIAL PLATEAU, REDUCE THE KNEE AND INSERT A NEW TIBIAL PLATEAU. COULD NOT TELL THE MODE OF DISLOCATION. THE FEMUR HAD PULLED OFF THE TIBIA, BUT THE PLASTIC INSERT WAS STILL ON THE TIBIA. IT LOOKED LIKE THE FEMALE BUSHING OF THE FEMUR HAD WORN THROUGH THE TIBIAL PLATEAU PLASTIC. SURGEON WAS HAPPY WITH THE RESULT. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A NEW EVENT. THE MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED FDA UNDER MDR # 3004371426-2015-00004.