FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BHR

MDR report key: 1813561 · Received August 25, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005477969-2010-00106
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 25, 2010
Date of Event
September 25, 2009
Report Date
August 25, 2010
Manufacturer
SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, LTD.
Product Code
NXT
PMA / PMN Number
P040033
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SF
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

BASED ON THE CATALOG NUMBERS REPORTEDLY INVOLVED, THIS PATIENT WAS ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED WITH MIS-MATCHED FEMORAL HEAD (LABEL COLOUR CODED RED) AND ACETABULAR COMPONENT (LABEL COLOUR CODED GREY). THE LABEL COLOUR MATCHING OF BHR IMPLANTS IS COVERED WITHIN THE BHR SURGICAL TECHNIQUE AND SURGEON TRAINING. LABEL COLOURS ON HEADS AND ACETABULAR CUPS ARE NEVER TO BE MIXED. COMPATIBLE FEMORAL AND ACETABULAR COMPONENTS ARE ALL THE SAME COLOUR. IN THIS CASE, MIS-MATCH OF DEVICES MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE NEED FOR REVISION SURGERY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO FEMORAL FRACTURE. THE DEVICES ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED WERE A FEMORAL HEAD (COLOR CODED RED) AND ACETABULAR CUP (COLOR CODED GREY).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BHR RESURFACING FEMORAL HEAD NXT SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, LTD.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R ACETABULAR CUP, PART #74122156, LOT UNKNOWN