FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

G7 SCREW 6.5MM X 45MM

MDR report key: 12688893 · Received October 25, 2021

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2021-02935
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 25, 2021
Date of Event
August 27, 2021
Report Date
January 12, 2022
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
LPH
UDI-DI
00880304527508
PMA / PMN Number
K121874
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NM, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

UPON REASSESSMENT OF THE REPORTED EVENT, THE SCREW WAS DETERMINED TO BE NOT REPORTABLE AND DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. THE INITIAL REPORT WAS FORWARDED IN ERROR AND SHOULD BE VOIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

UPON REASSESSMENT OF THE REPORTED EVENT, THE SCREW WAS DETERMINED TO BE NOT REPORTABLE AND DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. THE INITIAL REPORT WAS FORWARDED IN ERROR AND SHOULD BE VOIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL DEVICES: REF 00700006220 LOT 63959491 TM SHELL; REF 00710506240 LOT 64210793 LONGEVITY LINER; REF 00625006520 LOT 63010444 SCREW; REF 00625006530 LOT J6858532 SCREW; REF 00625006540 LOT 64825901 SCREW; REF 00625006540 LOT J6710215 SCREW; REF 650-1058 LOT 3043515 BIOLOX HEAD; REF 650-1066 LOT 3050922 BIOLOX SLEEVE; REF 00710506240 LOT 64210793 LONGEVITY LINER; REF 51-104150 LOT 6948764 TAPERLOC STEM; REF 00223200418 LOT 64952399 CERCLAGE WIRE. THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, AS THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED; HOWEVER, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORTED EVENT IS IN PROGRESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH 3500A WILL BE SUBMITTED. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0001825034 - 2021 - 02934.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT THA DUE TO FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED TWO DAYS LATER DUE TO AN IATROGENIC ACETABULAR FRACTURE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SECOND REVISION APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS LATER DUE TO PAIN AND INSTABILITY WITH PLACEMENT OF A CUSTOM CAGE AND CONSTRAINED LINER. DURING THE REVISION, SIGNIFICANT SCARRING WAS NOTED WHICH PROMPTED THE REMOVAL OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT. THE ACETABULAR COMPONENT WAS FOUND WELL FIXED AND INGROWN. THE CEMENTED LINER WAS REMOVED AS WELL AS THE CUP. BACKING OUT THE SCREWS WAS NOT POSSIBLE, SO THE SURGEON CUT THEM WITH A BUR SO THAT THE CUSTOM CAGE COULD BE PLACED. DUE TO INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, ONLY THE CUSTOM CAGE, LINER, AND SCREWS WERE PLACED. THE WOUND WAS CLOSED WITHOUT FEMORAL COMPONENTS IN PLACE, AND THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1591268 G7 SCREW 6.5MM X 45MM PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A 3957282 00880304527508

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Female Hospitalization| R