FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN METAL SUTURE ANCHOR

MDR report key: 15722030 · Received November 3, 2022

Report

Report Number
1219602-2022-01671
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 3, 2022
Date of Event
October 29, 2020
Report Date
December 29, 2022
Manufacturer
SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Product Code
JDR
PMA / PMN Number
K972326
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

INTERNAL COMPLAINT REFERENCE: (B)(4). ARTICLE: KIM, B. S., KIM, D. H., BYUN, S. H., & CHO, C. H. (2020). DOES THE CORONOID ALWAYS NEED TO BE FIXED IN TERRIBLE TRIAD INJURIES OF THE ELBOW? MID-TERM POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING A STANDARDIZED PROTOCOL. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, 9(11), 3500.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

H3, H6: THE REPORTED DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE DESIGNATED COMPLAINT UNIT FOR INDEPENDENT EVALUATION, THUS VISUAL INSPECTION AND FUNCTIONAL TESTING COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. INSUFFICIENT PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED AND THUS A MANUFACTURING RECORD REVIEW, COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW, RISK MANAGEMENT REVIEW, AND AN INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE/DEVICE LABELING REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS TO SUGGEST THAT THE PRODUCT DID NOT MEET MANUFACTURING SPECIFICATION UPON RELEASE FOR DISTRIBUTION. A CLINICAL REVIEW STATES WITHOUT CLINICALLY RELEVANT PATIENT-SPECIFIC SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, A THOROUGH MEDICAL INVESTIGATION CANNOT BE PERFORMED. THE ROOT CAUSE AND/OR PATIENT OUTCOME BEYOND THAT WHICH WAS DOCUMENTED IN THE ARTICLE CANNOT BE CONFIRMED NOR CONCLUDED. IN ADDITION, THE PHYSICIAN REFERENCED IN THE ABSTRACT PROVIDED AN ANALYSIS OF ALL OF THE ATTACHED IMAGES. THEREFORE, NO FURTHER INTERPRETATION OF THE ATTACHED IMAGES ARE REQUIRED. NO FURTHER MEDICAL ASSESSMENT IS WARRANTED AT THIS TIME. THERE WAS NO RELATIONSHIP FOUND BETWEEN THE DEVICE AND THE REPORTED EVENT. THE COMPLAINT WAS NOT CONFIRMED. PLEASE REFER TO THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE FOR RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROPER USE OF THE DEVICE AND POTENTIAL TROUBLESHOOTING METHODS TO PREVENT FUTURE REOCCURRENCE OF THE REPORTED EVENT. NO CONTAINMENT OR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED AT THIS TIME. IF THE PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT IS RETURNED AT A FUTURE DATE, THIS INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

"IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON LITERATURE REVIEW "DOES THE CORONOID ALWAYS NEED TO BE FIXED IN TERRIBLE TRIAD INJURIES OF THE ELBOW?. MID-TERM POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING A STANDARDIZED PROTOCOL", 1 PATIENT HAD OLECRANON FRACTURE AROUND THE DRILL HOLE FOR PASSING A TRANSOSSEOUS SUTURE FOR TRICEPS RUPTURE AS COMBINE INJURY AT SEVEN WEEKS AFTER PRIMARY OPERATION AFTER A CORONOID FRACTURE FIXATION USING A TWINFIX TI DEVICE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT PLATE FIXATION. THE PATIENT HAD EXCELLENT CLINICAL OUTCOME AT THE FINAL FOLLOW-UP. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. "

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2798333 UNKNOWN METAL SUTURE ANCHOR STAPLE, FIXATION, BONE JDR SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown Required Intervention| H| O