FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DEPUY LPS FEMORAL HIP PROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1190208 · Received October 6, 2008

Report

Report Number
MW5008549
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 6, 2008
Date of Event
October 1, 2008
Report Date
October 6, 2008
Manufacturer
DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC.
Product Code
JDI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS PT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH A DEPUY LPS PC PROSTHESIS INSERTED. THE PT HAD RECURRENT DISLOCATIONS POST SURGERY REQUIRING A CLOSED REDUCTION ABOUT FOUR DAYS LATER, AND THEN A COMPLETE REDO AT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER. UPON EVALUATION OF THE FEMORAL STEM, THE MODULAR COMPONENTS WERE COLD-WELDED TOGETHER, AND COULD NOT BE UNLOCKED AND THE WHOLE COMPONENT APPEARED TO HAVE ROTATIONAL INSTABILITY REQUIRING INSERTION OF A NEW PROSTHESIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DEPUY LPS FEMORAL HIP PROSTHESIS TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS/INSTRUMENT JDI DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. 128712-205 BW38F1
2 DEPUY LPS FEMORAL HIP PROSTHESIS TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS/INSTRUMENT JDI DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC. CJ6DV1

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization