FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

TITANIUM ELBOW IMPLANT COMPONENT

MDR report key: 11562 · Received February 7, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW4000235
Date Received
February 7, 1994
Report Date
August 27, 1993
Manufacturer
ZIMMER, INC.
Product Code
KWJ
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FOUR YRS AGO, RPTR HAD A CUSTOMIZED ELBOW TITANIUM IMPLANT WITH MODIFIED ULNAR COMPONENT. RPTR IS AND HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT PAIN EVERY DAY EVERY MIN SINCE SHE HAD THIS SURGERY. SHE CAN GET NO HELP FROM ANY SURGEON SHE'S SEEN THE PAST FOUR YRS. NO ONE WILL TOUCH IT TO GIVE HER RELIEF. RPTR IS NOT ONLY IN PAIN, BUT HER ARM IS BECOMING ATROFIED AND SHE IS LOOSING THE USE OF HER HAND.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TITANIUM ELBOW IMPLANT COMPONENT KWJ ZIMMER, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *