FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

REVEALATION HIP

MDR report key: 1943558 · Received December 6, 2010

Report

Report Number
1644408-2010-00653
Event Type
Other
Date Received
December 6, 2010
Date of Event
November 4, 2010
Report Date
November 4, 2010
Manufacturer
ENCORE MEDICAL, L.P.
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
K973685
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REVISION SURGERY - A STRESS FRACTURE WAS CONFIRMED POST FOUR YEARS, BY LOOSENING. THE SURGEON SEES THE LOOSENING WAS APPARENTLY CREATED BY EARLY METAL DEBRIS. BONE IN GROWTH IS NOT FULFILLED WITH THIS DESIGN. THE DEVICE SEEMS TO BE FIXED DISTALLY AND GETS LOOSE PROXIMATELY. BLACK ABRASIVE POWDER WAS OBSERVED OVER THE FEMUR. NO PHYSIOLOGICAL TEST WAS CONDUCTED AS THE OBJECT COULD NOT DEFINITELY BE IDENTIFIED AS TITANIUM ABRASIVE POWDER. THE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED A SIMILAR CASE AS MICRO FRACTURE DUE TO EXCESSIVE CURETTING WHEN THE SURGEON PRESENTED THE SIMILAR CASE DURING THE ROUND TABLE MEETING AT (B)(6), 2008.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 REVEALATION HIP FEMORAL STEM LPH ENCORE MEDICAL, L.P. 545981B

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR Required Intervention 497-28-350, LOT# 243092A| 499-28-006, LOT# 283922