FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRIDENT HEMISPHERICAL SOLID BK 48MM

MDR report key: 1163120 · Received September 16, 2008

Report

Report Number
9616680-2008-00283
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 16, 2008
Date of Event
August 19, 2008
Report Date
August 19, 2008
Manufacturer
STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS CORK
Product Code
MRA
PMA / PMN Number
K013676
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AN EVALUATION OF THE DEVICE CANNOT BE PERFORMED AS THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MFR. IF ADDITIONAL INFO BECOME AVAILABLE, IT WILL SUBMITTED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT CUP WAS IN EXTREME VERTICAL POSITION. COMPONENTS AND REMOVED WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY. CUP REMOVED FROM ACETABULUM WITH LITTLE DIFFICULTY. SURGEON SUGGESTED THAT ONE POSSIBLE REASON FOR THE REVISION WAS THAT THE PATIENT WAS PART OF A CONGENITAL CASE. THE SHALLOW ACETABULUM PREVENTED OR MADE IT DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE APPROPRIATE COVERAGE FOR THE CUP. THERE WERE NO SCREWS USED IN THE PRIMARY CASE AND THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CUP SLIDING INTO AN OVERLY VERTICAL POSITION. SURGEON NOTICED SYNOVATIC REACTION WITHIN THE JOINT CAPSULE, SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY OF PARTICLE DEBRIS. BEARING SURFACES WERE CLOSELY INSPECTED AND NO SCORING OR SCRATCHING WAS OBSERVED. HOWEVER, UPON CLOSE INSPECTION OF CERAMIC INSERT, SCRATCHING WAS NOTICED ON TI RIM. SURGEON SUGGESTED POSSIBILITY OF FEMORAL NECK TO RIM IMPINGEMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TRIDENT HEMISPHERICAL SOLID BK 48MM IMPLANT MRA STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS CORK NA 6547301

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention