LITERATURE CITATION: SWANSON. FLEXIBLE IMPLANT RESECTION ARTHROPLASTY. THE HAND. 1972; 4: 119-134. NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
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ALLEGEDLY, IN A 1972 LITERATURE ARTICLE, BY "SWANON" ET AL. TITLED FLEXIBLE IMPLANT RESECTION ARTHROPLASTY, THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE 37 IMPLANT FRACTURES AND 5 REVISIONS ROM MCP JOINT ARTHROPLASTY WITH SWANSON IMPLANTS.