BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    UNKNOWN STAR TALAR COMPONENT

    MDR report key: 10183331 · Received June 23, 2020

    Report

    Report Number
    0008031020-2020-01726
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    June 23, 2020
    Date of Event
    October 10, 2006
    Report Date
    June 23, 2020
    Manufacturer
    STRYKER GMBH
    Product Code
    NTG
    PMA / PMN Number
    P050050
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    SE
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    THE REPORTED EVENT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED, SINCE THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND NO OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPLAINT EVENT AS WELL AS THE AFFECTED DEVICE MUST BE AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE COMPLAINT EVENT. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD COULD NOT BE REVIEWED BECAUSE THE AFFECTED LOT NUMBER WAS NOT COMMUNICATED. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS PROVIDED, THE INVESTIGATION REPORT WILL BE UPDATED. THE REPORTED DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY SMALL BONE INNOVATION, INC., (B)(4) AND IMPLANTED BEFORE STRYKER BECAME THE LEGAL MANUFACTURER. ON APRIL 1, 2015 STRYKER BECAME THE LEGAL MANUFACTURER OF THE STAR SYSTEM AND HAS TAKEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTING.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE MANUFACTURER BECAME AWARE OF A LITERATURE PUBLISHED BY FALU HOSPITAL, IN SWEDEN. THE TITLE OF THIS REPORT IS ¿SECONDARY SURGERY AFTER TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT: THE INFLUENCE OF PREOPERATIVE HINDFOOT ALIGNMENT¿ WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRYKER ¿SCANDINAVIAN TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT (STAR)¿ SYSTEM. THE ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.SCIENCEDIRECT.COM/SCIENCE/ARTICLE/PII/S1268773106000919. WITHIN THAT PUBLICATION, POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS/ ADVERSE EVENTS WERE REPORTED, WHICH ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED FROM 1997 TO 2004. IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE DETAILS OR PATIENT INFORMATION FROM THE REPORT, OR TO MATCH THE EVENTS REPORTED WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED COMPLAINTS. THEREFORE, 12 COMPLAINTS WERE INITIATED RETROSPECTIVELY FOR THE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT. THIS PRODUCT INQUIRY ADDRESSES REOPERATION OF ANKLE INVOLVING SUBTALAR OR TRIPLE FUSION.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    647136 UNKNOWN STAR TALAR COMPONENT PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, UNCEMENTED, NON-CONSTRAINED NTG STRYKER GMBH UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention