FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TM ACETABULAR SHELL WITH CLUSTER HOLES

MDR report key: 2031150 · Received March 22, 2011

Report

Report Number
1822565-2011-00691
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 22, 2011
Report Date
February 21, 2011
Manufacturer
ZIMMER, INC.
Product Code
JDI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SURGICAL NOTES FROM THE PRIMARY SURGERY WERE PROVIDED. NO COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED AND THE PT WAS SAID TO BE DISCHARGED IN GOOD CONDITION. POST-OP X-RAYS WERE ALSO PROVIDED. THE X-RAYS APPEAR NORMAL. THE PT WAS REVISED TO A LARGER SHELL, LINER, AND FEMORAL HEAD AND HAS NOT DISLOCATED SINCE THE REVISION. THE DISLOCATIONS MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: MALPOSITIONING OF THE HIP REPLACEMENT IMPLANTS; NEUROMUSCULAR PROBLEMS OR OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS; EXCESSIVE WEIGHT GAIN OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; FAILURE TO PRESERVE STRENGTH IN THE ABDUCTOR MUSCLES; FAILURE TO RESTORE LEG LENGTH AND/OR PROPER TENSION OF THE TISSUES AROUND THE HIP; POOR QUALITY OF BONE; AND/OR PRIOR SURGERY OR FRACTURE THROUGH THE HIP JOINT. HOWEVER, A DEFINITIVE CAUSE FOR THIS ISSUE CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH CERTAINTY. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS DID NOT FIND ANY DEVIATIONS OR ANOMALIES. IT IS NOT SUSPECTED THAT THE PRODUCT FAILED TO MEET SPECS. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT VERIFY OR IDENTIFY ANY EVIDENCE OF PRODUCT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORTED PROBLEM. BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PT UNDERWENT A CLOSED REDUCTION DUE TO A DISLOCATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TM ACETABULAR SHELL WITH CLUSTER HOLES JDI ZIMMER, INC. 61239946

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention CATALOG# 00632004428, LOT # 60289180| TRILOGY ACETABULAR LONGEVITY ELEVATED RIM LINER,| LOT# 60713487, MFG AT ZIMMER BV, PONCE,PUERTO RICO| SELF-TAPPING BONE SCREW, CATALOG# 00625006520,| LOT# 60984680, MFG AT ZIMMER BV, PONCE,PUERTO RICO| VERSYS FEMORAL HEAD, CATALOG # 00801802801,