FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ARTHRODESIS NAIL, LEFT 13 X 700MM

MDR report key: 1564841 · Received December 1, 2009

Report

Report Number
9610622-2009-00420
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
December 1, 2009
Date of Event
November 3, 2009
Report Date
November 4, 2009
Manufacturer
STRYKER OSTEOSYNTHESIS KIEL
Product Code
HSB
PMA / PMN Number
NA
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, ANY ADDITIONAL INFO WILL BE REPORTED IN A SUPPLEMENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT, "THE CASE WAS AN EXCHANGE-NAILING FOR A NON-UNION. PT HAD A 10MMX700MM T2 ARTHRODESIS NAIL IN. IT WAS REMOVED AND DR. DAHL REAMED UP 2 SIZES IN ORDER TO PUT IN OUR 13X700MM ARTHRODESIS NAIL. WHEN THAT IMPLANT WAS OPENED, IT HAD RIPPED THROUGH BOTH SETS OF PLASTIC STERILE PACKAGING. BOTH THE INNER AND OUTER BOXES WERE INTACT, BUT THERE WAS NO "END-CAP" OVER THE SHARP DRIVING END OF NAIL END, IT RIPPED THROUGH STERILE PACKAGING AND WAS NOT STERILE. SURGEON HAD TO REAM DEEPER IN PT'S TIBIA AND PUT IN A 13X740MM NAIL".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ARTHRODESIS NAIL, LEFT 13 X 700MM IMPLANT HSB STRYKER OSTEOSYNTHESIS KIEL NA K133245

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other