FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ZNN¿¢, CMN LAG SCREW, ø 10.5 MM, 115 MM INCLUDING SET SCREW

MDR report key: 16774595 · Received April 20, 2023

Report

Report Number
0009613350-2023-00143
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 20, 2023
Date of Event
February 17, 2023
Report Date
August 10, 2023
Manufacturer
ZIMMER SWITZERLAND MANUFACTURING GMBH
Product Code
HSB
UDI-DI
00889024298484
PMA / PMN Number
K091566
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

(B)(4). CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS:¿ CMN FEMORAL NAIL, CCD 125, RIGHT, 11.5 MM, 21.5 CM ITEM# 47249321011, LOT# 3143338, 5.0 MM DIAMETER CORTICAL SCREW - RED FIXED ANGLE 3.5 MM HEX HEAD, ITEM# 47248403250, LOT# 65613735, 5.0 MM DIAMETER CORTICAL SCREW - RED FIXED ANGLE 3.5 MM HEX HEAD, ITEM# 47248404550 LOT# 65378233. FOREIGN ¿¿FRANCE". MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE SEE THE ASSOCIATED REPORTS: 0009613350-2023-00141. INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH 3500A WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL AND/OR CORRECTED INFORMATION. NO PRODUCT WAS RETURNED OR PICTURES PROVIDED; VISUAL AND DIMENSIONAL EVALUATIONS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. MEDICAL DOCUMENTS IN THE FORM OF SURGICAL REPORT AND IMPLANT LABELS WERE PROVIDED AND REVIEWED BY HCP: FINDINGS: GENERAL ANESTHESIA. SUB-TROCHANTERIC APPROACH. PLACEMENT OF THE CEPHALIC PIN IN THE CENTER OF THE HEAD, IN THE CENTER OF THE NECK. MEASUREMENT AT THE 115M BOREHOLE LENGTH. INSERTION OF A CERVICAL SCREW LENGTH 115 AND TWO. DISTAL SCREWS USING THE AUTOMATIC ANCILLARY, THE CEPHALIC SENSATION, THE NAIL AND ITS GUIDE GOES UP OUTSIDE THE PATIENT, THE CEPHALIC SCREW HAVING PASSED IN FRONT OF THE NAIL AND NOT INSIDE OF IT. C-ARM CHECK FOR PLACEMENT OF NAIL AND SCREWS, THE CERVICAL SCREW AND THE 2 DISTAL SCREWS HAD BEEN PASSED OVER THE NAIL, AND NOT THROUGH THE HOLES PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE ALL COMPONENTS EXCHANGED. THE SURGEON ASKED THAT THIS MALFUNCTIONING C-ARM BE ASSESSED AND THE ARCH BE APPRAISED (ON LATER CLARIFICATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE SURGEON WAS REFERRING TO THE TARGETING GUIDE AND NOT TO THE C-ARM FLUOROSCOPY SYSTEM) SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN SURGICAL TIME. BASED ON THE GIVEN INFORMATION AND RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION, A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

UPON REVIEW OF THIS COMPLAINT FROM AN INVESTIGATION PERSPECTIVE, IT IS NOW CONFIRMED THAT THE EVENT IS CONSIDERED AS MISASSEMBLY BY USERS HENCE THIS EVENT WILL BE NON -REPORTABLE AND REPORT WILL BE VOIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE FOR A PERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE WITH A NAIL. POST-OP X-RAYS SHOWED THE CERVICAL SCREW AND THE TWO DISTAL SCREWS HAD PASSED ABOVE THE NAIL, AND NOT PASSED THROUGH THE HOLES PROVIDED IN THE NAIL. THE NAIL WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT: AN INTRA-OP ASSEMBLY ISSUE OCCURRED DURING THE OP. THE CERVICAL SCREW AND THE 2 DISTAL SCREWS HAD PASSED ABOVE THE NAIL AND NOT IN THE HOLES PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE. THE NAIL WAS REMOVED THEN REPLACED WITH ANOTHER ZIMMER NAIL WITH ANOTHER ANCILLARY. THE EVENT WAS EVALUATED AS NON-REPORTABLE DURING THE INVESTIGATION. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1156445 ZNN¿¢, CMN LAG SCREW, ø 10.5 MM, 115 MM INCLUDING SET SCREW ROD, FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY AND ACCESSORIES HSB ZIMMER SWITZERLAND MANUFACTURING GMBH N/A 3093322 00889024298484

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 43 YR Male Hospitalization| R