FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SILICONE LUNATE IMPLANT

MDR report key: 14127 · Received April 11, 1994

Report

Report Number
14127
Event Type
Other
Date Received
April 11, 1994
Date of Event
February 7, 1994
Report Date
April 4, 1994
Manufacturer
UNKNOWN
Product Code
KWN
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT DEMONSTRATED ALMOST COMPLETE VOLAR SUBLUXATION OF THE LUNATE IMPLANT ON PREOPERATIVE TOMOGRAPHY, IMPINGEMENT OF THE SCAPHOID IN THE SCAPHOID FOSSA, AND PROXIMAL MIGRATION OF THE CARPAL CAPITATE. AT SURGERY, IMPLANT WAS INTACT, BUT HAD AN EGG-YELLOW COLOR AND WAS MUCH SOFTER THAN NORMAL. FINDINGS CONSISTENT WITH POSSIBLE SILICONE SYNOVITIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SILICONE LUNATE IMPLANT Implant SILICONE LUNATE IMPLANT KWN UNKNOWN NI NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Other