BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    UNKNOWN APEX PINS

    MDR report key: 15275904 · Received August 23, 2022

    Report

    Report Number
    0008031020-2022-00406
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    August 23, 2022
    Date of Event
    July 3, 2019
    Report Date
    August 23, 2022
    Manufacturer
    STRYKER GMBH
    Product Code
    JDW
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CH
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN GENERATED BASED ON FINDINGS IDENTIFIED DURING POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE LITERATURE REVIEW PUBLISHED BY THE ¿DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY, TRAUMA CENTER, CHANGHAI HOSPITAL, THE SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA ¿. THE ARTICLE CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1186/S12891-019-2679-9. THE REPORTED EVENT OF PIN-TRACK INFECTION, COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED SINCE THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AND NO OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE AUTHOR.  MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY, THE EVENT DETAILS AND THE INVOLVED DEVICE(S) MUST BE AVAILABLE TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE.   IF ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED AND RE-EVALUATED ACCORDINGLY.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    THE MANUFACTURER BECAME AWARE OF A LITERATURE PUBLISHED BY THE ¿DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY, TRAUMA CENTER, CHANGHAI HOSPITAL, THE SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, CHINA ¿. THE TITLE OF THIS REPORT IS ¿TREATMENT OF OPEN TIBIAL DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURES BY EXTERNAL FIXATION COMBINED WITH LIMITED INTERNAL FIXATION VERSUS SIMPLE EXTERNAL FIXATION: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY ¿, PUBLISHED ON JULY 03, 2019, AND CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1186/S12891-019-2679-9. THE REPORT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRYKER ¿HOFFMANN II EXTERNAL FIXATION SYSTEM¿ AND INCLUDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE CLINICAL DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED ON 152 PATIENTS. THE CASES IN THIS STUDY RANGE FROM JANUARY 2012 AND DECEMBER 2016. DURING THE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH A PRECISE DEVICE(S) IDENTIFICATION OR PATIENT INFORMATION; HOWEVER, THE ARTICLE ALLEGES THAT 36 PATIENTS EXPERIENCED PIN-TRACK INFECTIONS. THE REPORT STATES, ¿ALL PATIENTS WITH THESE INFECTIONS RECOVERED AFTER APPROPRIATE TREATMENT, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF INTERNAL HARDWARE, REPEATED DEBRIDEMENT, OR ADMINISTRATION OF ANTIBIOTICS¿.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    2634329 UNKNOWN APEX PINS PIN, FIXATION, THREADED JDW STRYKER GMBH UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Unknown Required Intervention