FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRABECULAR METAL PRIMARY HIP PROSTHESIS FEMORAL STEM PRESS-FIT

MDR report key: 1242223 · Received November 19, 2008

Report

Report Number
1822565-2008-00806
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 19, 2008
Date of Event
October 13, 2008
Report Date
October 20, 2008
Manufacturer
ZIMMER, INC.
Product Code
KWY
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVAL SUMMARY: THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO THIGH PAIN, WHICH BEGUN APPROXIMATELY 9 MONTHS PRIOR TO REVISION. THE IMPLANT WAS IN VIVO FOR 1 YEAR. NO PRE-OPERATIVE OR POST-OPERATIVE X-RAYS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THIS COMPLAINT. THIGH PAIN CAN BE CAUSED BY MANY FACTORS INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) LOOSE FEMORAL AND/OR ACETABULAR IMPLANTS, FEMORAL FRACTURES, SURGICAL PROCEDURE, IMPROPER COMPONENT PLACEMENT OR SIZING, AND INFECTION. THE RETURNED IMPLANT SHOWS SIGNS OF OSTEOINTEGRATION ON ALL SIDES OF THE TRABECULAR METAL, WHICH LIKELY INDICATES ADEQUATE STEM FIXATION. THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE THIGH PAIN FOR THIS CASE CAN NOT BE DETERMINED WITH CERTAINTY AT THIS TIME. EVAL: DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS INDICATE ALL COMPONENTS WERE MANUFACTURED AND INSPECTED TO SPECIFICATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT IS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED 2007 AND EXPLANTED 2008 DUE TO PAIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TRABECULAR METAL PRIMARY HIP PROSTHESIS FEMORAL STEM PRESS-FIT HIP PROSTHESIS KWY ZIMMER, INC. NA 60629068

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization| R