AIUI, the Compact Fluorescent Lamps, which have replaced the incandescent Edison / Swann inventions consist, of an inert tube driven by high voltage electronics in the base.
When they fail, is it then likely to be a fault in the electronics rather than the tube itself, as was the case with the double filament fluorescent tubes with starters and chokes?
Finally, has anyone here dabbled in mending the electronics?