FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNK COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE HUMERAL STEM

MDR report key: 11244187 · Received January 28, 2021

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2021-00274
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 28, 2021
Report Date
March 30, 2021
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
KWS
PMA / PMN Number
NI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED OR PICTURES PROVIDED; VISUAL AND DIMENSIONAL EVALUATIONS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. PART AND LOT IDENTIFICATION ARE NECESSARY FOR REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS, NEITHER WERE PROVIDED. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE STUDY REPORTED ONE PATIENT SUSTAINED A NONDISPLACED GREATER TUBEROSITY FRACTURE INTRAOPERATIVELY THAT WAS TREATED CONSERVATIVELY AND HEALED. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE IS AVAILABLE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RANGARAJAN, RAJESH MD, BLOUT, COLLIN K. BS, PATEL, VIKAS V. MD. (2020). EARLY RESULTS OF REVERSE TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY USING A PATIENT-MATCHED GLENOID IMPLANT FOR SEVERE GLENOID BONE DEFICIENCY. JOURNAL OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY, 29, 139-148. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1016/J.JSE.2020.04.024. THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; HOWEVER, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORTED EVENT IS IN PROGRESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH 3500A WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED IN A JOURNAL ARTICLE RETRIEVED FROM THE JOURNAL OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY (2020), WHICH STUDIED PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT RTSA USING VRS, THAT ONE PATIENT SUSTAINED A NONDISPLACED GREATER TUBEROSITY FRACTURE INTRAOPERATIVELY THAT WAS TREATED CONSERVATIVELY AND HEALED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
140801 UNK COMPREHENSIVE REVERSE HUMERAL STEM PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER KWS ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. NI NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other| R