BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

    UNK - SCREWS: LOCKING

    MDR report key: 18873910 · Received March 11, 2024

    Report

    Report Number
    8030965-2024-03455
    Event Type
    Malfunction
    Date Received
    March 11, 2024
    Date of Event
    January 1, 2023
    Manufacturer
    SYNTHES GMBH
    Product Code
    HWC
    PMA / PMN Number
    0
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    DEPUY SYNTHES IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH DEPUY SYNTHES HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, DEPUY SYNTHES OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF THE INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN, NOT AVAILABLE OR DOES NOT APPLY, THE SECTION/FIELD OF THE FORM IS LEFT BLANK. D1, D2A, D2B, D3, D4, G4 - 510K: THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNK - SCREWS: LOCKING/UNKNOWN LOT. PART AND LOT NUMBERS ARE UNKNOWN; UDI NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. D9: COMPLAINANT PART IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR MANUFACTURER REVIEW/INVESTIGATION. E1: (B)(6). H3, H4, H6: WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT NO CORRECTIVE AND/OR PREVENTATIVE ACTION IS PROPOSED. THIS COMPLAINT WILL BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND MONITORED VIA POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITIES. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED AS APPLICABLE. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES REPORTS AN EVENT IN JAPAN AS FOLLOWS: THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING JOURNAL ARTICLE: TAKAHASHI, H. ET AL (2023), HOOK PLATE FIXATION VERSUS LOCKING PLATE FIXATION FOR DISTAL CLAVICLE FRACTURE: A MULTICENTER PROPENSITY SCORE-MATCHED STUDY, NAGOYA J. MED. SCI. VOL. 85, PAGES 223¿232 (JAPAN). THE PURPOSE OF THIS MULTICENTER STUDY WAS TO COMPARE 1) THE CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF HOOK PLATE FIXATION TO THOSE OF LOCKING PLATE FIXATION FOR DISTAL CLAVICLE FRACTURE, 2) BONE UNION WITH THE TWO DEVICES, AND 3) THE INCIDENCE OF COMPLICATIONS. BETWEEN 2014 TO 2018, A TOTAL OF 98 PATIENTS (87 MALE AND 11 FEMALE) WITH A MEAN AGE OF 44.65 YEARS WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY. THESE PATIENTS HAD DISTAL CLAVICLE FRACTURES AND UNDERWENT SURGERY. THE PATIENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS ACCORDING TO THE FIXATION USED FOR TREATMENT. GROUP L (LCP (DEPUY SYNTHES) OR VARIAX (STRYKER) PLATE) CONSISTING OF 49 PATIENTS (44 MALE AND 5 FEMALE), AND A MEAN AGE OF 43.4 YEARS. GROUP H (AN LCP HOOK PLATE (DEPUY SYNTHES) PLATE) WITH 49 PATIENTS (43 MALE AND 6 FEMALE), AND A MEAN AGE OF 45.9 YEARS. THE FOLLOW UP PERIOD FOR GROUP L AND GROUP H ARE 12.9 MONTHS AND 9 MONTHS, RESPECTIVELY. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED AS FOLLOWS: GROUP L - 4 PATIENTS HAD INFECTION - 1 PATIENT HAD SCREW BACKOUT - 2 PATIENTS HAD RE-OPERATION GROUP H - 4 PATIENTS HAD IMPINGEMENT - 3 PATIENTS HAD INFECTION - 1 PATIENT HAD SCAR PROBLEM - 3 PATIENTS HAD NONUNION - 9 PATIENTS HAD PLATE MIGRATION - 2 PATIENTS SCREW BACKOUT - 1 PATIENT HAD RE-OPERATION THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN SYNTHES LCP, AND UNKNOWN SYNTHES LCP HOOK PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 5 OF 5 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4). A COPY OF THE LITERATURE ARTICLE IS BEING SUBMITTED WITH THIS MEDWATCH.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    177576 UNK - SCREWS: LOCKING SCREW,FIXATION,BONE HWC SYNTHES GMBH

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NA Unknown