FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AS INVERSE HUMERAL PE-INLAY 40-0

MDR report key: 1131864 · Received August 18, 2008

Report

Report Number
9613350-2008-00095
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 18, 2008
Date of Event
September 14, 2007
Report Date
July 15, 2008
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
HSD
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WHEN OUR INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY PT'S ATTORNEY THAT PT UNDERWENT LEFT TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY IN 2007. POST-OPERATIVELY, A FRACTURE OF THE HUMERUS WAS NOTED AND PT WAS REVISED IN THE NEXT DAY, WHEREIN THE HUMERAL STEM WAS EXCHANGED. POST-OP X-RAYS TAKEN AT ABOUT 13 DAYS LATER, REVEALED THAT THE ARTICULATING GLENOID COMPONENT WAS DISPLACED. PT WAS REVISED AGAIN AT ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER, WHEREIN THE POLYETHYLENE, HUMERAL CUP, GLENOID HEAD, AND HUMERAL STEM WERE EXCHANGED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AS INVERSE HUMERAL PE-INLAY 40-0 ANATOMICAL SHOULDER INVERSE/REVERSE HSD ZIMMER GMBH

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 79 YR Hospitalization| R