A Specialized Cervical Corpectomy Plate Fault Tree Analysis 23 April 2008
Patient Hazards Physical Failure A Design/Labeling Failure B
A Screw Problems Plate Problems Screw Failure Screw Translation Screw Motion CED Screw Hole Sizing Plate Failure Plate Deformity HFG
B DesignLabeling Incompatible with tools Break in Packaging Melting of AdhesiveTear in Plastic Placement of plate in Ionic Circuit Poor Implantation Incorrect Sizing Inadequate labeling Ambiguous labeling Ambiguous storage Ambiguous screw-plate size combination Allowance of poor screw-plate size combination Poor Implantation
C Displacement of screw in torsion Subsidence displacing screw
D Failure of Screw-to- Bone Union Excessive screw rotation permitted Failure of static screw to lock to plate Insufficient rotational screw movement allowance
E Shearing of screw neck in torsion Shearing of screw neck in subsidence
F Too large of a diameter Too small of a diameter Plate surface interferes with static screw locking
G Buckling in torsion Buckling in axial loading
H Sub-failure stress deformation of plate