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title: "21 CFR §888.5"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-21/section-888.5"

title_number: "21"

volume_number: "8"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "H"

subchapter_subject: "MEDICAL DEVICES"

part_code: "888"

part_subject: "ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES"

subpart_code: "A"

subpart_subject: "General Provisions"

section_number: "888.5"

section_subject: "Resurfacing technique."

cfr_reference: "21 CFR 888.5"

title_name: "Title 21"

title_subject: "Food and Drugs"

parts_covered: "Parts 800 to 1299"

revised_date: "Revised as of April 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of April 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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Because of resurfacing techniques, certain joint prostheses require far less bone resection than other devices intended to repair or replace the same joint. The amount of bone resection may or may not affect the safety and effectiveness of the implantation of the prosthesis. When a resurfacing technique is used, the name of the prosthesis includes this information.

§888.5 - Resurfacing technique.