BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    PFC*SIGMA C/R NPOR FEM RT SZ 2

    MDR report key: 11176109 · Received January 15, 2021

    Report

    Report Number
    1818910-2021-01211
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    January 15, 2021
    Date of Event
    December 29, 2020
    Report Date
    January 7, 2021
    Manufacturer
    DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US
    Product Code
    JWH
    UDI-DI
    10603295232018
    PMA / PMN Number
    K943462
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CO, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    PRODUCT COMPLAINT # (B)(4). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. DEPUY SYNTHES CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND THE INVESTIGATION MAY BE RE-OPENED AS NECESSARY. DEVICE HISTORY LOT: THE PRODUCT INVESTIGATION FOUND NO EVIDENCE SUSPECTING AN ERROR IN THE MANUFACTURING OR MATERIAL THAT WOULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE REPORTED ALLEGATION(S). WHERE THE LOT CODE WAS PROVIDED, A MANUFACTURING RECORDS EVALUATION (MRE) WAS NOT PERFORMED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    PRODUCT COMPLAINT # ==> (B)(4) THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED OR VERIFIED PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY DEPUY SYNTHES JOINT RECONSTRUCTION, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE PRODUCT, DEPUY SYNTHES JOINT RECONSTRUCTION, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. H10 ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: ADDED: B5 AND H6 (CLINICAL CODES) H6 HEALTH EFFECT - CLINICAL CODE: APPROPRIATE TERM / CODE NOT AVAILABLE (E2402) USED TO CAPTURE THE POCKET EROSION (E200601). IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL REPORT, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. CORRECTED: D6A.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    DOI (B)(6)2018: PATIENT RECEIVED A RIGHT PFC SIGMA PR TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TO TREAT PAIN AND DYSFUNCTION SECONDARY TO END-STAGE VARUS ARTHROSIS AND SIGNIFICANT PATELLAR DISEASE. THE PATELLA WAS RESURFACED AND DEPUY CEMENT X2 WAS UTILIZED. UPON ENTERING THE JOINT, THE SURGEON NOTES THERE WAS BONE ON BONE CHANGES TO THE JOINT. AFTER PRIMARY IMPLANTATION, PASSIVE ROM IDENTIFIED 0-1 MM LAXITY IN IN FLEXION AND EXTENSION WHICH THE SURGEON DETERMINED WAS APPROPRIATE AND ACCEPTABLE AP STABILITY. WHILE CLOSING, THE SURGEON NOTES THERE WAS A ¿WRINKLE¿ IN THE PATELLAR TENDON. THIS WAS TREATED WITH PARTIAL STICH REMOVAL TO PREVENT SHORTENING OF THE TENDON AND POTENTIAL BAJA. AFTER THE REPAIR, THE SURGEON NOTES THE PATELLA TRACKED CENTRALLY. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. CLINIC NOTE DATED (B)(6) /2020: PATIENT REPORTS 2 YEARS S/P PRIMARY RIGHT TKA WITH SUDDEN ONSET PAIN, SWELLING, AND STIFFNESS OF THE RIGHT KNEE. PHYSICAL EXAM REVEALS EFFUSION, 1 MM LAXITY IN VARUS/VALGUS STRESS, AND A DECREASE IN FLEXION FROM 120 DEGREES TO 95 DEGREES. RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING IDENTIFIES A WELL-FIXED TKS IN 2 DEGREES VALGUS ALIGNMENT CONSISTENT WITH INITIAL PLACEMENT OF THE DEVICES. THE SURGEON NOTES AN ANOMALY AROUND THE PATELLA AND SENDS THE PATIENT FOR A CAT SCAN. CAT SCAN RESULTS PHONE CALL DATED (B)(6) 2020: PATIENT REPORTS AN INCREASE IN HER PAIN AND SWELLING THAT HAS INTERFERED WITH HER ABILITY TO WORK. THE CAT SCAN IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. THE SURGEON REFERS HER FOR AA PREOPERATIVE JOINT ASPIRATION TO RULE OUT INFECTION. PATIENT PHONE CALL DATED (B)(6) 2020: RESULTS OF JOINT ASPIRATION ARE NEGATIVE FOR INFECTION. THE JOINT FLUID IS HAZY WITH SOME CALCIUM CRYSTALS. DOR DATED (B)(6) 2020: PATIENT RECEIVES A RIGHT KNEE REVISION AND QUADRICEPSPLASTY TO TREAT PAIN, SWELLING, STIFFNESS, AND DECREASED ROM SECONDARY TO EXTENSIVE ADHESIONS. UPON ENTERING THE JOINT, THE SURGEON IDENTIFIED MILD CAPSULAR THICKENING, SYNOVITIS, TIGHT EXTENSION, AND EXTENSIVE SCARRING OF THE EXTENSOR MECHANISM TO THE DISTAL FEMUR WITH DECREASED VOLUME OF THE LATERAL GUTTER. THE SURGEON NOTES THERE WAS A LITTLE AREA OF EROSION JUST PROXIMAL TO THE FEMORAL FLANGE. THE SURGEON PERFORMED A QUADRICEPSPLASTY, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, THINNING OF THE QUAD AND PATELLAR TENDONS, AND A PARTIAL RELEASE OF THE RETINACULUM. THE SURGEON REMOVED A BUILDUP OF BONE A MENISCUS AROUND THE PATELLA. THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, PATELLA, AND TIBIAL TRAY WERE WELL-FIXED AND RETAINED. THE SURGEON NOTES THAT THE REVISED TIBIAL INSERT WAS WITHOUT WEAR. AFTER REVISION, THE PATIENT HAD EXCELLENT STABILITY AND PATELLAR TRACKING. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE PRIMARY OPERATIVE NOTE, MULTIPLE POST-OPERATIVE NOTES, AND REVISION OPERATIVE NOTE WERE REVIEWED. IN ADDITIONAL TO THE PREVIOUSLY ALLEGED PATIENT HARMS, THE PATIENT WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING DISCOMFORT AND INSTABILITY PRIOR TO REVISION. THE REVISION OPERATIVE NOTE ALSO INDICATED A SMALL AMOUNT OF EROSION JUST PROXIMAL TO THE FEMORAL FLANGE DISCOVERED.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    CLINICAL NOTIFICATION RECEIVED FOR REVISION OF RIGHT TOTAL KNEE TO ADDRESS EXTENSIVE SCARRING OF THE EXTENSOR MECHANISM TO THE DISTAL FEMUR : ADHESIONS. DATE OF IMPLANTATION: (B)(6) 2018; DATE OF REVISION: (B)(6) 2020; (RIGHT KNEE). TREATMENT: TIBIAL INSERT WAS REVISED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    73879 PFC*SIGMA C/R NPOR FEM RT SZ 2 SIGMA KNEE PRIMARY : KNEE FEMORAL JWH DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US 96-0012 D16053222 10603295232018

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1