FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COMP LOCKING SCREW 4.75X30MM

MDR report key: 12369970 · Received August 26, 2021

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2021-02445
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 26, 2021
Date of Event
August 9, 2019
Report Date
September 30, 2024
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
PHX
PMA / PMN Number
K113069
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

(B)(4). THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. REPORTED EVENT WAS UNABLE TO BE CONFIRMED DUE TO LIMITED INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES RELATED TO THE EVENT WERE FOUND. ROOT CAUSE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. REVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE RECORDS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING: REVISION OP REPORT: PERSISTENT PAIN. PRE-OP DIAGNOSIS OF LEFT SHOULDER DRAINING AXILLARY CYST WITH PRESUMED INFECTION - NO POSITIVE CULTURES WERE PROVIDED, OR DOCUMENTATION OF INFECTION RESULTS. ADHESIONS RELEASED, AND IMPLANTS WERE FOUND WELL FIXED. REMOVED ALL HARDWARE AND TWO SUTURE ANCHORS, I&D. EXPOSED GLENOID BASE PLATE. CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL SCREWS WERE REMOVED; INFERIOR AND ANTERIOR WERE STRIPPED. ANOTHER SURGEON, ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL CUTTERS, OSEOTEOMES UNSUCCESSFUL, WITH FINAL TREPHINE TO REMOVE REMNANT SCREWS, NO INDICATION OF RFB. EXPLORATION OF AXILLARY CYST/WOUND, 4CMX4CM, EXCISED DRAINING SINUS, PLACED DRAIN DUE TO LOCATION IN AXILLARY AND CONCERNS WITH HEALING, WOUND CLOSED. NOTES ¿AXILLARY WOUND DID PROBE DEEP TO BONE AND SHOULDER JOINT¿. FINAL PLACEMENT ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT SPACER CREATED AND PLACED INTO HUMERUS. PATH REPORT: SYNOVIAL TISSUE ACUTE & CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. CYST ISSUE: UPON CONCLUSION OF THE INVESTIGATION, NO PROBLEM WAS FOUND WITH THE GIVEN DEVICES. STRIPPED SCREW ISSUE: A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. CYST ISSUE: THE REPORTED EVENT IS CONFIRMED, HOWEVER, IT IS UNRELATED TO THE REPORTED PRODUCTS. STRIPPED SCREW ISSUE: THE REPORTED EVENT IS CONFIRMED PER THE TIMELINE. 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

NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE DUE TO AN AXILLARY CYST THAT WAS FOUND THAT COMMUNICATED TO BONE/JOINT. ALL HARDWARE WAS REMOVED. IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT OF JOINT SPACE AND CYST WITH CEMENT SPACER & DRAINS WERE PLACED. DURING THE PROCEDURE SURGEON HAD DIFFICULTY REMOVING 2 STRIPPED SCREWS, BUT WERE EXPLANTED WITHOUT INDICATION OF RETAINED PRODUCTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). PRODUCT CODE: PHX. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS : 115370, COMP RVS TRAY, 987730. XL-115363, HMRL BRNG, 083700. 115310, COMP RVRS SHLDR GLNSP, 036770. 115330, COMP RVRS SHDR GLEN BSPLT, 550170. 113651, COMP PRIMARY STEM, 658090. 118001, COMP TI STD TAPER, 022770. 180553, COMP LK SCR 3.5HEX, 586200. 180509, COMP NON-LCKNG SCREW, 931620. 180503, COMP LOCKING SCREW, 120540. 115382 , COMP RVS CNTRL SCR, 714480. CUSTOMER HAS INDICATED THAT THE PRODUCT WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO ZIMMER BIOMET FOR INVESTIGATION. THE PRODUCT LOCATION IS UNKNOWN. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001825034-2021-02436, 0001825034-2021-02437, 0001825034-2021-02438, 0001825034-2021-02439, 0001825034-2021-02440, 0001825034-2021-02441, 0001825034-2021-02442, 0001825034-2021-02443, 0001825034-2021-02444, AND 0001825034-2021-02446.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY PATIENTS¿ LEGAL COUNSEL THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY REVISION PROCEDURE APPROXIMATELY (6) YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION DUE TO PAIN, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, AND LOOSENING OF THE COMPONENTS. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1273138 COMP LOCKING SCREW 4.75X30MM PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER PHX ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A 424160

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Hospitalization| R