Complaints of head-stem dissociation for specific sizes of LFIT™ Anatomic CoCr V40™ Femoral Heads manufactured prior to March 4, 2011

Stryker Singapore Pte Ltd would like to inform healthcare professionals of a higher than expected number of complaints documenting femoral head/hip stem dissociation for certain sizes and lots of LFIT™ Anatomic CoCr V40™ Femoral Heads manufactured prior to March 4, 2011. Potential clinical conditions related to femoral head/hip stem dissociation include dislocation, peri-prosthetic fracture, leg length discrepancy, secondary loss of mobility, adverse local tissue reaction and the need for revision surgery. Healthcare professionals are advised to continue their follow-up of their patients implanted with the affected devices as per the normal protocol established. Please refer to the letter for details.

Only abstracts of the Dear Healthcare Professional Letters (DHCPL) are provided on this website. Details of these letters can be found in the MOH Alert System, which is accessible via the Health Professionals Portal (HPP), a one-stop portal for all healthcare professionals in Singapore. Dentists, medical doctors and pharmacists may access HPP at https://hpp.moh.gov.sg and follow the procedures below to access the MOH Alert system.

Step 1: Select your profession under ‘For Healthcare Professionals’.

Step 2: Click on ‘Useful links’.

Step 3: Click on ‘MOH Alert’ and log in via Singpass.

Step 4: Click on ‘Drug Alerts’ or ‘Med Device Alerts’ to view the DHCPLs.