FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN STAR TALAR COMPONENT

MDR report key: 10319463 · Received July 24, 2020

Report

Report Number
0008031020-2020-01958
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 24, 2020
Date of Event
February 24, 2010
Report Date
July 24, 2020
Manufacturer
STRYKER GMBH
Product Code
NTG
PMA / PMN Number
P050050
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FI
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.¿ DEVICE DISPOSITION IS UNKNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE MANUFACTURER BECAME AWARE OF A LITERATURE PUBLISHED BY (B)(6) HOSPITAL FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT, IN (B)(6). THE TITLE OF THIS REPORT IS ¿TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY OF 515 CASES FROM THE FINNISH ARTHROPLASTY REGISTER¿ WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRYKER ¿SCANDINAVIAN TOTAL ANKLE REPLACEMENT (STAR)¿ SYSTEM. ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND ON HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.3109/17453671003685459. WITHIN THAT PUBLICATION WHICH INCLUDED 217 CASES, POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED, WHICH ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED BETWEEN 1997 TO 2006. 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, NEW COMPLAINTS WERE INITIATED IN THE SYSTEM FOR THE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT. THIS PRODUCT INQUIRY ADDRESSES 4 CASES OF PRIMARY MALALIGNMENT OF PROSTHESIS FOLLOWED BY REVISION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
786935 UNKNOWN STAR TALAR COMPONENT PROSTHESIS, ANKLE, UNCEMENTED, NON-CONSTRAINED NTG STRYKER GMBH UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention