FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SURGICAL SIMPLEX P

MDR report key: 107610 · Received July 2, 1997

Report

Report Number
107610
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 2, 1997
Date of Event
April 10, 1997
Report Date
May 22, 1997
Manufacturer
HOWMEDICA PFIZER HOSP PRODUCTS GROUP
Product Code
LOD
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ORIGINAL LEFT TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT WAS DONE 12/22/1994. DEVELOPED LEFT KNEE PAIN AND SWELLING ABOUT 2/1997. ON 4/10/1997 UNDERWENT REPLACEMENT OF THE PATELLA AND THE FEMORAL COMPONENT. OPERATIVE FINDINGS WERE POLYETHYLENE FAILURE OF THE LEFT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, WITH COMPLETE BICOMPARTMENTAL FAILURE OF LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, COMPLETE POLYETHYLENE WEAR THROUGH OF THE POSTERIOR HALF OF THE MEDIAL AND LATERAL SIDES OF THE KNEE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SURGICAL SIMPLEX P Implant RADIOPAQUE BONE CEMENT LOD HOWMEDICA PFIZER HOSP PRODUCTS GROUP * 029325001
2 AXIOM CENTRAL PEG POLY PATELLA Implant PATELLA JWH HOWMEDICA PFIZER HOSP PRODUCTS GROUP * 026617001
3 AXIOM KNEE TIBIAL INSERT Implant TIBIAL INSERT HSH HOWMEDICA PFIZER HOSP PRODUCTS GROUP * P9102906

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR Hospitalization| R