FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRIDENT HEMISPHERICAL CLUSTER 50MM

MDR report key: 1900055 · Received November 9, 2010

Report

Report Number
9616680-2010-00721
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 9, 2010
Date of Event
October 25, 2005
Report Date
October 15, 2010
Manufacturer
STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS CORK
Product Code
MEH
PMA / PMN Number
K013676
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION OF THE DEVICE CANNOT BE PERFORMED AS THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE THEN IT WILL BE SUBMITTED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

"IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT'S WIFE THAT EVER SINCE PATIENT RECEIVED HIS HIP REPLACEMENT HE HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING EXTREME PAIN AND HAS DEVELOPED SEVERAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS SUCH AS: ANEMIA, DIABETES, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, OSTEOARTHRITIS ETC. THE AREA OF THE PATIENT INCISION HAS AN INDENT IN HIS SKIN BIG ENOUGH TO FIT HIS WIFE'S PALM OF HER HAND IN. WHEN THE PATIENT IS TOUCHED IN THAT AREA IT IS VERY PAINFUL FOR HIM. HE ALSO TAKES PAIN MEDICATION AS NEEDED FOR PAIN AND SOMETIMES HAS TO USE A WALKER TO GET AROUND. THE FAMILY WAS TOLD THAT THE HOSPITAL WHERE THE SURGERY TOOK PLACE HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN AND NO INFORMATION ON HIS SURGERY CAN BE OBTAINED. THE PATIENT'S WIFE HAS REACHED OUT TO DR. AND HE STATES HE HAS NO MEDICAL RECORDS OF WHAT WAS IMPLANTED IN THE PATIENT AND WAS TOLD TO CONTACT STRYKER AND WE COULD LOOK IT UP. PATIENT'S WIFE STATED THAT IT WAS OK FOR STRYKER TO CONTACT HER SURGEON."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TRIDENT HEMISPHERICAL CLUSTER 50MM IMPLANT MEH STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS CORK NA 13863201

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Other| R