FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TITAN MODULAR TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM - HEAD

MDR report key: 2050816 · Received April 1, 2011

Report

Report Number
1651501-2011-00017
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 1, 2011
Date of Event
March 2, 2011
Report Date
April 1, 2011
Manufacturer
ASCENSION ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Product Code
KWS
PMA / PMN Number
K100448
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE IMPLANT BODY WAS RETURNED AND STILL UNDER EVAL. THE INVESTIGATION DID REVEAL THAT THE SURGEON HAD PLACED A BIG STITCH THROUGH THE CAPSULE AND THROUGH THE STEM TO GET SOME STABILITY AS THERE WAS NOT MUCH TO HOLD THE PROSTHESIS IN THE JOINT FROM THE GUN SHOT WOUND. IT IS BELIEVED AT THIS TIME THE SUTURE MAY HAVE SLID UP UNDER THE HEAD AND PULLED IT OFF THE HUMERAL BODY TAPER. WHEN THE ANALYSIS IS COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENT REPORT WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PT UNDERWENT SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2011, TO REPAIR THE LEFT SHOULDER OF A PT AFTER THE PT SUFFERED A GUN SHOT WOUND TO THE AREA. AN ASCENSION TITAN SHOULDER SYSTEM WAS PLACED IN THE PT. ON (B)(6) 2011, THE SURGEON REPORTED THAT THE HUMERAL IMPLANT HEAD DISASSOCIATED FROM THE HUMERAL IMPLANT BODY. A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2011 TO CORRECT THE DISASSOCIATION BY REPLACING THE BODY IMPLANT WITH A NEW IMPLANT AND USING THE SAME ORIGINAL HUMERAL IMPLANT HEAD AND IMPLANT STEM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TITAN MODULAR TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM - HEAD SHOULDER JOINT METAL/POLYMER CEMENTED KWS ASCENSION ORTHOPEDICS, INC. MHH-0920-010-4015E 10-2085

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 38 YR Hospitalization| R