FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

TMJ SMALL RIGHT FOSSA

MDR report key: 1631775 · Received March 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
1032347-2010-00026
Date Received
March 16, 2010
Date of Event
January 12, 2010
Report Date
March 1, 2010
Manufacturer
BIOMET MICROFIXATION
Product Code
LZD
PMA / PMN Number
P020016
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE USER FACILITY IS FOREIGN; THEREFORE A FACILITY MEDWATCH REPORT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. DOCTOR COMMENTED THE IMPLANTS WERE IN GOOD SHAPE, THE PATIENT JUST GREW HETEROTOPIC BONE AROUND THEM. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT ADDS VALUE TO THE RELEVANT CONTENT OF THIS REPORT AND/OR A CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SENT. TWO IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED, SEE MDR 1032347-2010-00025.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). NO MODE OF FAILURE WAS IDENTIFIED FOR THIS DEVICE. CAUSE OF FAILURE: PRE-OP X-RAY AND INTRAOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF BONE TISSUE ENCASING THE IMPLANT. DUE TO THESE OBSERVATIONS THE SURGEON DECIDED TO EXPLANT THE DEVICE. REPORT TWO OF TWO FOR THE SAME EVENT, REFERENCE 1032347-2010-00025-1.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT HAD A REOCCURRENCE OF HETERTOPIC BONE THAT NECESSITATED A REVISION SURGERY TO REMOVE THE TMJ IMPLANTS (FOSSA AND MANDIBULAR).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TMJ SMALL RIGHT FOSSA TMJ LZD BIOMET MICROFIXATION 014100

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization