CONTROL 1739-28-000Recalls & reported problems
Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · CONTROL CABLE CABLE & SLEEVE - COBALT CHROME 1.8mm x 24 Inches · Class 2 · Implant
Quick summary
This DePuy Orthopaedics cerclage fixation cable and sleeve is an implant used to help secure bone. The 52 reports mostly describe infections, pain, adhesions, and occasional movement or migration of the cable. There were 52 injuries and no deaths. No recalls name this device; reports fell from 14 in the previous 12 months to 5 in the latest 12 months.
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- Adverse event reports
- 52
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 52
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 52 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295067788), received between Jun 13, 2018 and Jun 15, 2026 — classified as 52 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (4 reports).
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem45
- Migration4
- Insufficient Device Problem Information2
- Device Slipped1
- Unintended Movement1
Patient problems
- Unspecified Infection32
- Pain10
- Adhesion(s)7
- No Code Available7
- Fluid Discharge5
- Hematoma5
- Extraskeletal ossification3
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available2
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 52 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 15, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO LOOSENING OF THE TIBIAL TRAY, SLEEVE, AND STEM AT THE UNKNOWN INTERFACE. CEMENT MANUFACTURER WAS UNKNOWN. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH AN INFECTION POST REVISION TKA. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND A STATIC SPACER WAS PLACED UTILIZING LPS COMPONENTS WITH HIGH DOSE ANTIBIOTICS AND RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS. SIGNIFICANT BONE LOSS WAS NOTED ON THE TIBIA AS THE INFECTION APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR SOME TIME BUT WAS UNTREATED UNTIL PATIENT SHOWED UP IN THE ER. NO DELAY OR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. NO ALLEGATION WAS MADE AGAINST ANY COMPONENT. DOI: (B)(6) 2023. DOR: (B)(6) 2026. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 25503650 ↗InjuryMay 15, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD WOUND BREAKDOWN POST MULTIPLE REVISION TKA LEADING TO POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF THEIR PROSTHESES. THE SURGEON CHOSE TO REMOVAL ALL WELL FIXED AND WELL FUNCTIONING COMPONENTS AND PLACE A STATIC SPACER FASHIONED WITH LPS COMPONENTS WITHOUT DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM. A GASTROC FLAP WAS PERFORMED BY THE PLASTIC SURGEON POST SPACER PLACEMENT IN HOPES OF HEALING THIS WOUND. THIS PATIENT HAS HAD MULTIPLE SURGERIES SINCE THIS DATE TO ADDRESS COMPLICATIONS WITH IMPLANTS BEING EXCHANGED. THE DATES WERE AND THE DER NUMBERS ARE LISTED 3-6-2026 601633, 3-26-2026 603113 4-8-2026 604361. DOI: ON (B)(6) 2026, DOR: ON (B)(6) 2026, AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection; Wound Dehiscence
MAUDE report 25187266 ↗InjuryMar 30, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH A HEMATOMA POST REVISION TKA. SURGEON PERFORMED AN EVACUATION OF HEMATOMA WITH A THOROUGH I&D AND COMPONENT EXCHANGE. ALL COMPONENTS WERE WELL FUNCTIONING SO NO ALLEGATION WAS MADE AGAINST ANY COMPONENT, HOWEVER CHOSE TO EXCHANGE MODULAR COMPONENTS AS THE RISK FOR INFECTION IS ELEVATED IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. CABLE WAS ALSO REMOVED AS IT COULD HARBOR BACTERIA IF INFECTION IS FOUND TO BE PRESENT ON CULTURES. CULTURES WERE TAKEN AS A PRECAUTION AND RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS WERE PLACED. NO DELAY OR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Hematoma
MAUDE report 24731664 ↗InjuryFeb 5, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD AN LPS DISTAL FEMORAL REPLACEMENT REVISION TKA PLACED ON (B)(6) 2025. HE PRESENTED WITH A DRAINING KNEE AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE OR FOR A ONE STAGE REVISION UTILIZING A DUAL SET UP. ALL COMPONENTS WERE FUNCTIONING AS EXPECTED SO NO ALLEGATION WAS MADE AGAINST ANY COMPONENT. CEMENT WAS DEPUY 2 WITH GENT, HOWEVER IS HOSPITAL OWNED SO NO QTY OR LOT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. BOTH TIBIAL AND PATELLAR COMPONENTS WERE WELL FIXED VIA CEMENT SO NO ALLEGATION IS MADE AGAINST THE CEMENT. WHILE WELL FIXED, NO INGROWTH WAS FOUND ON EITHER SLEEVE, FURTHER CONFIRMING INFECTION. A THOROUGH IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT WAS PERFORMED AFTER ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED. NEW COMPONENTS WERE PREPARED FOR. NEW COMPONENTS WERE OPENED ON A "CLEAN" TABLE AND IMPLANTED AFTER NEW DRAPES AND STAFF CHANGING INTO "CLEAN" GOWNS AND GLOVES WAS COMPLETED. ALL NEW COMPONENTS WERE PLACED ALONG WITH RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS AND ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. AFFECTED SIDE- RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Fluid Discharge; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 24266981 ↗InjuryJan 23, 2026Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT PRESENTS WITH INFECTION POST SPACER. HOWEVER, PATIENT NOW PRESENTS WITH A FUNGAL INFECTION. ALL COMPONENTS PERFORMED AS EXPECTED AND WERE WELL FIXED, HOWEVER HAD TO BE REMOVED TO TREAT THIS NEW FINDING. ALL COMPONENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED, AND AFTER A THOROUGH DEBRIDEMENT, THE BONE WAS PREPARED FOR NEW COMPONENTS. DURING DEBRIDEMENT, A VESSEL WAS PERFORATED DUE TO SCAR TISSUE AND WAS REPAIRED OPERATIVELY. THE SURGEON STATED THIS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE DUE TO THE LOCATION OF DEBRIDEMENT ANATOMICALLY AND WAS EXPECTED AND PREPARED FOR. THIS RESULTED IN A SHORT DELAY WHILE THE REPAIR TOOK PLACE. NEW COMPONENTS WERE PLACED UNEVENTFULLY FOR A NEW SPACER, ALONG WITH PLACEMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC BEADS, ANTIFUNGAL BEADS AND HIGH DOSE ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT. DOI: (B)(6) 2025. DOR: (B)(6) 2026. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 24162381 ↗InjuryOct 23, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS INFECTED AND SURGEON ELECTED TO REMOVE IMPLANTS AND FUSE KNEE. DOI: (B)(6) 2023. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 23369928 ↗InjuryAug 22, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED STATES THAT NOT LOOSE, JUST NOT INGROWN. NOT THE SAME THING.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22872284 ↗InjuryAug 12, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO FAILED RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY FROM RECALLED ACETABULAR IMPLANT. PATIENT WAS EXPERIENCING WORSENING PAIN AND CALCAR WAS IMPACTED THERE WAS NOTED TO BE A CRACK. SIGNIFICANT METALLIC STAINING OF THE SYNOVIAL LAYER. EVIDENCE OF TRUNNION CORROSION. DOI: (B)(6) 2007, DOR: (B)(6) 2023, AFFECTED SITE: RIGHT HIP,
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction; Necrosis; Pain
MAUDE report 22787205 ↗InjuryAug 8, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS ASPIRATED LAST WEEK AND IS NOW GROWING YEAST. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED IN A ONE STAGE REVISION AND NEW COMPONENTS WERE PLACED AFTER A THOROUGH I&D AND PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE BEADS CONTAINING ANTIBIOTICS AND AN ANTIFUNGAL AGENT. ALL COMPONENTS WERE FUNCTIONING AS EXPECTED HOWEVER THE FEMORAL SLEEVE HAD FAILED TO INGROW, LIKELY DUE TO THE FUNGUS BEING PRESENT. TIBIAL COMPONENT AND CEMENTED STEM WERE PLACED ON THE ABOVE LISTED DATE. FEMORAL COMPONENTS AND INSERT HAD BEEN REVISED ON (B)(6) 2025 FOR CONTINUED INFECTION. A DER WAS FILED UNDER (B)(4) PER OPTIMIZE. DOI: (B)(6) 2025. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22748177 ↗InjuryAug 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED AND STATES THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED AND STATES THAT: CAN YOU PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION REGARDING WHEN THE INFECTION BEGAN AND IF THERE WERE ANY PREVIOUS DEPUY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN REVISED AND/OR REPORTED. LATE ON (B)(6) 2025. PATIENT HAD BILATERAL DEPUY KNEE REPLACEMENTS IN WHEN HE WAS ADMITTED WITH SEPSIS. HE HAD BOTH SHOULDER, NATIVE, AND BOTH KNEES INFECTED AT THAT TIME.
Patient problems: Sepsis; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22688922 ↗InjuryJun 26, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT CONTINUED TO DRAIN FROM KNEE WOUND. SURGEON ELECTED TO REMOVE KNEE PROSTHESIS AND FUSE THE KNEE. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Fluid Discharge
MAUDE report 22336438 ↗InjuryJun 25, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT CONTINUED TO DRAIN FROM KNEE WOUND. SURGEON ELECTED TO REMOVE KNEE PROSTHESIS AND FUSE THE KNEE. THIS COMPLAINT (B)(4) IS RELATED TO (B)(4). DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Fluid Discharge
MAUDE report 22329255 ↗InjuryJun 16, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS ORIGINALLY OPERATED ON FOR AN INFECTED NON-UNION OF FUSION. SINCE CULTURES WERE NEGATIVE, SURGEON CHOSE TO REIMPLANT THE PATIENT. CONTINUED DRAINAGE SUGGESTS INFECTION. SINCE THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO DRAIN DESPITE NEGATIVE CULTURES, THE SURGEON CHOSE TO REMOVE ALL COMPONENTS AND CONVERT TO A STATIC SPACER UTILIZING LPS COMPONENTS, PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS AND HIGH DOSE ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT TO COAT THE COMPONENTS. ALL COMPONENTS WERE WELL FIXED BUT LACK OF BONY INGROWTH ALSO SUGGESTS PERSISTENT INFECTION. AN I&D WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2025, WHERE THE POLY AND PIN WERE REPLACED. DEPUY 2 WITH GENTAMICIN WAS LIKELY UTILIZED, AS THAT IS THE SURGEON'S NORM. NO DELAY OCCURRED AND NO PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. DOI: (B)(6) 2025, DOR: (B)(6) 2025, AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22214716 ↗InjuryJun 10, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF INFECTION AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE OR FOR BILATERAL KNEE REVISIONS. COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND THOROUGH I&DS WERE PERFORMED IN CONJUNCTION WITH PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS, AND PLACEMENT OF NEW COMPONENTS. PATIENT DID HAVE BILATERAL I&DS WITH POLY EXCHANGES ON (B)(6) 2025. AS SUCH, THE INSERTS LISTED ON THIS SUBMISSION WERE FROM THAT DATE. THE RIGHT KNEE SHOWED SIGNIFICANT HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION AROUND THE FEMORAL SLEEVE, SUGGESTING INFECTION ON XRAY, SO SURGEON TO CHOSE TO FASHION A STATIC SPACER UTILIZING LPS COMPONENTS TO TREAT THIS SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE APPEARED TO BE DOING BETTER, BUT SINCE HOSPITAL ADMISSION EARLIER THIS WEEK ALSO BEGIN TO SWELL. WHEN CHECKING FIXATION OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, THE FEMORAL SLEEVE WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT SIGNS OF BONY INGROWTH. LACK OF INGROWTH APPROXIMATELY SEVEN (7) WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION SUGGESTS THIS TOO WAS INFECTED. TIBIAL COMPONENT AND STEM WERE LEFT IN PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE SINCE IT WAS WELL FIXED. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. WHILE RESULTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE, SURGEON DOES BELIEVE INFECTION WAS STILL PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THIS PROCEDURE. THIS INFEC
Patient problems: Swelling/ Edema; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22179304 ↗InjuryJun 6, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF INFECTION AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE OR FOR BILATERAL KNEE REVISIONS. COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND THOROUGH I&DS WERE PERFORMED IN CONJUNCTION WITH PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS, AND PLACEMENT OF NEW COMPONENTS. PATIENT DID HAVE BILATERAL I&DS WITH POLY EXCHANGES ON (B)(6) 2025. AS SUCH, THE INSERTS LISTED ON THIS SUBMISSION WERE FROM THAT DATE. THE RIGHT KNEE SHOWED SIGNIFICANT HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION AROUND THE FEMORAL SLEEVE, SUGGESTING INFECTION ON XRAY, SO SURGEON TO CHOSE TO FASHION A STATIC SPACER UTILIZING LPS COMPONENTS TO TREAT THIS SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE APPEARED TO BE DOING BETTER, BUT SINCE HOSPITAL ADMISSION EARLIER THIS WEEK ALSO BEGIN TO SWELL. WHEN CHECKING FIXATION OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, THE FEMORAL SLEEVE WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT SIGNS OF BONY INGROWTH. LACK OF INGROWTH APPROXIMATELY SEVEN (7) WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION SUGGESTS THIS TOO WAS INFECTED. TIBIAL COMPONENT AND STEM WERE LEFT IN PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE SINCE IT WAS WELL FIXED. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. WHILE RESULTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE, SURGEON DOES BELIEVE INFECTION WAS STILL PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THIS PROCEDURE. THIS INFEC
Patient problems: Extraskeletal ossification; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22159197 ↗InjuryMay 14, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED STATES THAT THE LOSS OF FIXATION TO THE OSTEOTOMY IS WHAT LED TO THE POOR PATELLAR TRACKING. IMPLANTS WERE PERFORMING AS EXPECTED.
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 22021706 ↗InjuryMay 14, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED STATES THAT THE LOSS OF FIXATION TO THE OSTEOTOMY IS WHAT LED TO THE POOR PATELLAR TRACKING. IMPLANTS WERE PERFORMING AS EXPECTED.
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 22021687 ↗InjuryMay 2, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH POOR PATELLAR TRACKING AND WAS SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY TO ADDRESS. AFTER EXPOSURE, SURGEON NOTED THE FEMORAL COMPONENT APPEARED TO BE INTERNALLY ROTATED. WHILE EXTRACTING THE FEMORAL COMPONENT HE NOTICED THAT THE FEMORAL SLEEVE ALSO MOVED INDICATING THAT IT HAD NOT YET INGROWN. THIS LED THE SURGEON TO BELIEVE THAT THE PATIENT COULD STILL BE INFECTED AS HE WAS TREATED AT THE PREVIOUS SURGERY WITH A ONE STAGE REVISION FOR INFECTION. FROZEN SECTION WAS SENT TO PATHOLOGY AND SHOWED 5 WHITE CELLS/ HIGH POWERED FIELD. THIS RESULT WAS MORE INDICATIVE OF A LOOSE COMPONENT THAN INFECTION BUT SURGEON FELT COMPELLED TO PROCEED AS IF INFECTED AND ALSO SENT CULTURES. FEMORAL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND A THOROUGH DEBRIDEMENT AND IRRIGATION WAS PERFORMED. FEMUR WAS THEN PREPARED FOR NEW COMPONENTS AND PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS. NO DELAY WAS ENCOUNTERED AND NO PATIENT HARM NOTED. PATELLAR TRACKING AND MOTION WERE FOUND TO BE IMPROVED WITH NEW COMPONENTS IN PLACE. THERE WAS LOOSENING REPORTED AT NON-CEMENTED INTERFACE AT FEMORAL SLEEVE. DOI: (B)(6) 2025. DOR: (B)(6) 2025; AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 21952548 ↗InjuryMay 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A POST OPERATIVE HEMATOMA AFTER A COMPLEX PRIMARY KNEE REPLACEMENT UTILIZING REVISION COMPONENTS. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND EXCHANGED UNEVENTFULLY WITH NO PATIENT HARM NOR DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2025. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Hematoma
MAUDE report 21944635 ↗InjuryOct 11, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION. A SPACER WAS PLACED UTILIZING LPS COMPONENTS IN A DUAL SET UP FASHION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A THOROUGH I&D WITH PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM TOOK PLACE. NO ALLEGATION WAS MADE AGAINST ANY COMPONENTS AT THIS TIME, AS ALL WERE WELL FIXED AND WELL FUNCTIONING. FEMORAL SIDE HAD BEEN REVISED ON (B)(6) 2023 AND AGAIN ON (B)(6) 2024. DOI: (B)(6) 2023. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 20427428 ↗InjuryAug 7, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO BE REINFECTED AFTER A 2-STAGE REVISION TKA. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED, AND A THOROUGH DEBRIDEMENT WAS PERFORMED. A SPACER WAS PLACED USING LPS COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS AND COATING THE PROSTHESIS WITH HIGH-DOSE ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT. NO DELAY OR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. THERE WAS NO ALLEGATION AGAINST ANY DEPUY COMPONENT; THEY WERE SIMPLY REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION. CEMENT WAS HOSPITAL-OWNED, SO LOT INFORMATION WAS UNAVAILABLE, BUT THE SURGEON'S ROUTINE INVOLVED USING DEPUY 2 WITH GENT FOR REVISION CASES. ALL PART AND LOT INFORMATION WAS COPIED AND PASTED DIRECTLY FROM OPTIMIZE AND WAS ACCURATE PER THAT SYSTEM. DOI: (B)(6) 2024. DOR: (B)(6) 2024. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 19928225 ↗InjuryJul 23, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED, A THOROUGH I&D PERFORMED AND A ACER WAS FASHIONED OF LPS COMPONENTS. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. ALL COMPONENTS WERE WELL FIXED AND INGROWN. PATIENT DID HAVE A COMPONENT EXCHANGE WITH I&D PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2024 DUE TO A FALL. (B)(4). WAS FILED. DOI: (B)(6) 2024 DOR: (B)(6) 2024 AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 19809629 ↗InjuryDec 13, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED AND STATED THAT THE IMPLANT REMOVED WAS CABLE IMPLANTS WERE SCRUBBED AND ANTIBIOTIC BEADS USED SINGLE STAGE. THE CABLE REMOVED DEBRIMENT AND ANTIBIOTIC WHERE IMPLANTED INTO KNEE WOUND. THERE WAS NO REPORTS OF SURGICAL DELAY. THE AFFECTED SITE WAS THE RIGHT SIDE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 18318602 ↗InjurySep 26, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT CAME INTO TO ER AND WAS ADMITTED FOR SUSPECTED INFECTION POST REV TKA. A SINGLE STAGE REVISION KNEE WAS PERFORMED UTILIZING A DUAL SET-UP AND PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS. CEMENTED COMPONENTS WERE WELL FIXED LEFT IN PLACE. NO PATIENT HARM OCCURRED. DOI: (B)(6) 2023. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 17821123 ↗InjuryJul 25, 2023Migration; Migration
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENT IN OFFICE WITH THIGH PAIN. SERIAL X-RAYS SHOW LUCENCY AROUND STEM AND SUBSIDENCE OF SLEEVE LEADING SURGEON TO BELIEVE THAT THE STEM SLEEVE DID NOT ACHIEVE STABLE INGROWTH. SLEEVE IS FOUND TO HAVE ONLY ACHIEVED FIBROUS INGROWTH AND IS REMOVED. A CEMENTED BOWED STEM IS PLACED UNEVENTFULLY AFTER CLEARING FIBROUS TISSUE. NO PATIENT HARM OCCURRED. NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2022. DOR: (B)(6) 2023. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Pain
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