UNK HIP FEMORAL STEM SUMMIT
Report
- Report Number
- 1818910-2022-16719
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- August 25, 2022
- Date of Event
- March 3, 2022
- Report Date
- August 25, 2022
- Manufacturer
- DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US
- Product Code
- LPH
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
- Health Professional
- Yes
Narratives
PRODUCT COMPLAINT # (B)(4). DEPUY SYNTHES IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH DEPUY SYNTHES HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, DEPUY SYNTHES OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.
PRODUCT COMPLAINT # (B)(4). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. THIS COMPLAINT WAS OPENED TO DOCUMENT COMPLAINTS DERIVED THROUGH A JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW. FOLLOW-UPS WERE DONE TO TRY AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE JOURNAL ARTICLE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED. DEVICE HISTORY LOT: A MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION (MRE), WAS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE REQUIRED LOT CODE WAS NOT PROVIDED.
THIS COMPLAINT IS FROM A LITERATURE SOURCE. THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE CITE HAS BEEN REVIEWED: ALPAUGH K, CHIU YF, ZLOTNICKI JP, BENDICH I, VALLE AGD, BOSTROM MPG, GAUSDEN EB. FEMORAL COMPONENT UNDERSIZING AND ALIGNMENT ARE RISK FACTORS FOR EARLY PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURE. J ARTHROPLASTY. 2022 JUL;37(7S):S604-S610. DOI: 10.1016/J.ARTH.2022.03.015. EPUB 2022 MAR 11. PMID: 35283234. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: AUTHORS CONDUCTED A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS FROM 16065 PRIMARY CEMENTLESS TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTIES (THA), IDENTIFYING 66 CASES OF EARLY (<90 DAYS POST-OP FROM INDEX THA) PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURE (PFF). 60 OF THESE WERE MATCHED UP WITH 120 CONTROLS OF LIKE AGE, GENDER, BMI, SURGICAL APPROACH, AND SAME MANUFACTURER/MODEL/OFFSET FOR STEM IMPLANT. THEY SOUGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF FEMORAL COMPONENT SIZE AND ALIGNMENT AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH THE RISKS OF EARLY PFF. RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENTS WERE PREFORMED OF PREOPERATIVE BONE MORPHOLOGY AND POSTOPERATIVE FEMORAL COMPONENT ORIENTATION¿INCLUDING STEM ALIGNMENT, METAPHYSEAL FILL, AND IMPLANT CONGRUENCE WITH MEDIAL CORTICAL BONE. OF THE SIXTY HIPS IN THE PFF STUDY SUBJECTS, THERE WERE 3 DEPUY SUMMIT STEMS, 1 DEPUY CORAIL STEM, 1 DEPUY TRILOCK STEM¿THE REMAINDER WERE ALL FROM 6 OTHER MANUFACTURERS. THE SIX PATIENTS OF THE TOTAL 66 WHO WERE EXCLUDED, WERE ALL COMPETITOR STEMS, AND THERE WERE NO CONTROL PATIENTS THAT ADEQUATELY MATCHED THEIR PROFILES. ACETABULAR COMPONENTS WERE NOT IDENTIFIED IN ANY CASE. RESULTS: THE AUTHORS¿ MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOUND THAT LARGER LATERAL METAPHYSEAL CANAL TO BONE RATIOS, VALGUS COMPONENT ALIGNMENT, AND IMPLANT INCONGRUITY WITH MEDIAL CORTICAL BONE POSED THE GREATEST RADIOGRAPHIC RISK FOR EARLY PFF FOLLOWING CEMENTLESS THA. AUTHORS DID NOT BREAK OUT THE RESULTS BY CASE NUMBER OR BY AGE/GENDER DEMOGRAPHICS. SPECIFIC IMPLANT SIZE OR ALIGNMENT INCONGRUITIES WERE NOT PROVIDED FOR EACH MANUFACTURER. ALL STEMS INVOLVED WERE COLLARLESS. 3 : SUMMIT PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURES, 1 : CORAIL PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURE, 1 : TRILOCK PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURE.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 478485 | UNK HIP FEMORAL STEM SUMMIT | FEMORAL STEM | LPH | DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unknown | Required Intervention | UNK HIP FEMORAL STEM CORAIL| UNK HIP FEMORAL STEM TRI-LOCK |