LITERATURE CITATION: TAKIGAWA ET AL. LONG-TERM ASSESSMENT OF SWANSON IMPLANT ARTHROPLASTY IN THE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT OF THE HAND. THE JOURNAL OF HAND SURGERY.2004; 29A: 785-795. 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 2004 LITERATURE ARTICLE, BY TAKIGAWA ET AL. TITLED SEVENTEEN-YEAR SURVIVORSHIP ANALYSIS OF SILASTIC METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT REPLACEMENT, THE AUTHORS REPORT 11 IMPLANT FRACTURES AND 11 REVISIONS FOLLOWING MCP JOINT ARTHROPLASTY WITH SWANSON FINGER JOINT IMPLANTS.