NO PRODUCT SAMPLES, CTS, LATERAL RADIOGRAPHS, INITIAL OR SERIAL RADIOGRAPHS OR OTHER MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. SINGLE EVENT RADIOGRAPH WAS RECEIVED AND CONFIRMS OSTEOLYSIS AT THE PROXIMAL END OF THE PROSTHETIC SHAFT. THERE IS OSTEOLYTIC RESORPTIVE CHANGES AT THE DISTAL TIP OF THE FEMORAL PROSTHESIS A MEDICAL REVIEW OF THE RADIOGRAPH NOTES, CEMENT DID NOT EXTEND BEYOND THE TIP OF THE PROSTHESIS, CORTICAL THINNING AT THE DISTAL TIP IS LIKELY INSIGNIFICANT WITHOUT FURTHER IMAGING TO CONFIRM. WITHIN IN MEDICAL PROBABILITY, AT 16 YEARS, THE SYNPLUG DID NOT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROXIMAL LOOSENING WHICH PER NOTE APPEARS TO BE CAUSING THE PATIENTS PAIN.
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INITIAL HIP REPLACEMENT (HIP ARTHROPLASTY) SURGERY INVOLVING A HIP PROSTHESIS, THP CEMENT, AND SYNPLUG CEMENT RESTRICTOR, RIGHT SIDE OCCURRED IN 2002. ALLEGEDLY PATIENT HAD PAIN IN THE RIGHT LEG. CT SCAN WAS REPORTEDLY PERFORMED AND ALLEGEDLY A FINE LYSIS MARGIN WITH PATHOLOGICALLY METABOLISM FORMED AT THE PROXIMAL PORTION OF THE CEMENTED FEMORAL SHAFT WITH SIGNS OF LOOSENING. THE SURGEON ADDITIONALLY NOTED OSTEOLYSIS IN THE RIGHT DISTAL TIP OF THE PROSTHETIC SHAFT. CT SCANS WERE NOT PROVIDED. PLANS FOR REVISION ARE UNKNOWN.