BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    INION FREEDOMSCREW

    MDR report key: 19664436 · Received July 3, 2024

    Report

    Report Number
    3003407235-2024-00003
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    July 3, 2024
    Date of Event
    March 26, 2024
    Report Date
    July 1, 2024
    Manufacturer
    INION OY
    Product Code
    HWC
    UDI-DI
    06438408003301
    PMA / PMN Number
    K123672
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CH
    Reporter Occupation
    003

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    IT WAS VERIFIED THAT THERE ARE NO OTHER COMPLAINTS OR NONCONFORMITIES RELATED TO THE LOT 2308015. FINAL RELEASE DOCUMENTATION OF OSA-3545 LOT 2308015 WAS REVIEWED. STERILIZATION DOSE AND DIMENSIONAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE LOT WERE WITHIN THE SPECIFICATION. TYVEK- AND ALUMINUM SEALS OF INSPECTED POUCHES PASSED FOR THE VISUAL INSPECTION. BASED ON THE INFORMATION RECEIVED BY INION, IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED FROM POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION AND THAT THE INFECTION AND METAL PLATE EXPOSURE WERE NOT RELATED TO THE INION FREEDOMSCREW. OPEN ANKLE FRACTURES (WHICH THE PATIENT SUFFERED FROM) WITH ASSOCIATED SKIN INJURIES AND INJURIES TO BLOOD VESSELS ARE GENERALLY MORE PRONE TO POSTOPERATIVE INFECTIONS. IT IS ALSO NOTED THAT AN EXTERNAL FIXATION IS PRONE TO INFECTION. THE HOSPITAL REPORT EVALUATES THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE INFECTION TO BE PATIENT RELATED, SERIOUS CONTAMINATION. BACTERIAL INFECTION IS A SURGERY-RELATED RISK, AND THIS RISK ALWAYS EXISTS WHEN SURGERY IS BEING PERFORMED, REGARDLESS WHICH TYPE OF FIXATION IMPLANTS ARE USED. THIS RISK IS INCREASED IN CASES OF OPEN ANKLE FRACTURES AND ASSOCIATED SKIN AND BLOOD VESSEL INJURIES. OPEN FRACTURES EXPOSE THE BONE AND INTERNAL TISSUES TO THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, WHICH INCREASES THE RISK OF CONTAMINATION BY BACTERIA AND OTHER PATHOGENS. WHEN SKIN AND VASCULAR INJURIES ARE PRESENT, THE BODY'S NATURAL BARRIERS TO INFECTION (SKIN AND VASCULAR INTEGRITY) ARE BREACHED, MAKING IT EASIER FOR BACTERIA TO INVADE AND CAUSE INFECTION. ALSO MANAGING OPEN FRACTURES OFTEN REQUIRES MORE COMPLEX SURGICAL INTERVENTIONS, WHICH CAN INTRODUCE ADDITIONAL RISK FACTORS FOR INFECTION. IN CASE OF INFECTION, BIOFILM CAN FORM ON BOTH METALLIC AND BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANTS. SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE RISK OF BACTERIAL INFECTION IS EQUAL REGARDLESS WHICH TYPE OF IMPLANTS ARE USED (METAL VS. BIODEGRADABLE). THE IMPLANT MATERIAL DEGRADATION RELATED INFLAMMATORY TISSUE REACTIONS CAN SOMETIMES OCCUR AFTER USING BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANTS BUT ARE USUALLY SEEN MUCH LATER WHEN THE BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANTS START TO DEGRADE, APPROXIMATELY 1-2 YEARS AFTER OPERATION AND LEAD TO STERILE LOCAL SYMPTOMS. INION HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION OF THIS INCIDENT THAT WOULD IMPLICATE RELEVANCE TO THE INION DEVICE. POST MARKET SURVEILLANCE DATA GATHERED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS OF INION FREEDOMSCREW IMPLANTS DO NOT GIVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT THE INCIDENT WOULD BE RELATED TO THE BIOABSORBABLE IMPLANT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION OF THE INION DEVICE TO THE EVENT CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, AND IN THE INTEREST OF COMPLIANCE, THIS EVENT IS BEING REPORTED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    66-YEAR OLD PATIENT WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND WAS OPERATED DUE TO A TRAUMATIC OPEN ANKLE FRACTURE WITH DISLOCATION AND BONE DEFECT. BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FIXATION WERE USED. THE FRACTURE WAS INITIALLY FIXATED WITH A METAL PLATE, METAL BONE PINS, ABSORBABLE SUTURES, ALLOGRAFT BONE, SILICONE DRAINAGE DEVICE AND INION FREEDOMSCREW. IN ADDITION TO ANKLE FRACTURE THE PATIENT ALSO SUFFERED FROM OTHER INJURIES DUE TO THE CAR ACCIDENT INCLUDING RIGHT TALUS FRACTURE, RIGHT ANKLE SKIN CONTUSION AND RIGHT LOWER LIMB VASCULAR INJURIES, AND UNDERWENT RIGHT ANKLE DEBRIDEMENT, PLASTER FIXATION, CLOSED NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRAINAGE (VSD) OF THE WOUND, VASCULAR EXPLORATION AND LOCAL FASCIAL FLAP PLASTY. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED AND LATER THE EXTERNAL FIXATION WAS REMOVED AT A TIME OF OUTPATIENT REVIEW. 4 MONTHS AFTER FIXATION OF THE TRAUMATIC ANKLE FRACTURE, THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER AN OUTPATIENT CHECKUP DUE TO POSTOPERATIVE WOUND INFECTION AND PLATE EXPOSURE IN THE RIGHT ANKLE, AND UNDERWENT ANOTHER SURGICAL PROCEDURE. THE SECOND PROCEDURE WAS RIGHT ANKLE FRACTURE POSTOPERATIVE DEBRIDEMENT OF THE EXPOSED PLATE, REMOVAL OF THE INTERNAL FIXATION, INTERNAL FIXATION OF THE ANKLE FRACTURE BY OSTEOTOMY AND REDUCTION, STABILISATION OF THE ANKLE, TRANSFER OF THE COVERING WITH A TIBIAL AXIAL SKIN FLAP, ANGIO-NEUROLOGICAL EXPLORATION, AND REMOVAL OF THE SKIN FOR SKIN GRAFTING. ACCORDING TO THE RECEIVED INFORMATION, THE INION FREEDOMSCREW WAS NOT REMOVED AND NO ANTIBIOTICS WERE PRESCRIBED BUT THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN RELEVANT SYMPTOMATIC AND SUPPORTIVE TREATMENT AT THE WARD, AND A MEDICATION CHANGE WAS DONE. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL. BASED ON THE CUSTOMER'S EVALUATION, THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS THE PATIENT'S OWN REASONS, AND THE OPEN WOUND WAS SERIOUSLY CONTAMINATED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    551370 INION FREEDOMSCREW BONE SCREW HWC INION OY OSA-3545 2308015 06438408003301

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 66 YR Male Required Intervention ABSORBABLE SUTURES| ALLOGRAFT BONE| METAL BONE PINS| METAL PLATE| SILICONE DRAINAGE DEVICE