FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 2071525 · Received April 15, 2011

Report

Report Number
2071525
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 15, 2011
Date of Event
February 7, 2011
Report Date
April 15, 2011
Manufacturer
DEPUY
Product Code
JDI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MI, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT HAD TO HAVE REVISION SURGERY FOR A FAILED TOTAL HIP DEVICE. THE INITIAL IMPLANTATION OF THE DEVICE TOOK PLACE FOUR YEARS AND TWO MONTHS BEFORE EXPLANT. THE DEVICE WAS A DEPUY CERAMIC ON CERAMIC TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY, AND ANALYSIS IS IN PROGRESS. THE FEMORAL HEAD AND ACETABULAR LINER COMPONENTS FRACTURED IN-VIVO, BUT THERE WAS NO PERMANENT HARM TO THE PATIENT AS SHE WAS ABLE TO BE REVISED TO ANOTHER TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY (IT WAS JUST SOONER THAN WOULD BE IDEAL). CLINICALLY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN AND MECHANICAL SYMPTOMS (CLICKING/SNAPPING, CATCHING, ETC) PRIOR TO HER REVISION SURGERY. ALL COMPONENTS ARE DEPUY. THE FEMORAL STEM IS AN S-ROM MODULAR SYSTEM, AND THE TRUNION OF THE DEVICE WAS MADE LARGER WITH A SHEATH/JACKET TO ACCOMMODATE THE FEMORAL HEAD. THE ACETABULAR SHELL IS A DURALOC MODEL, AND BOTH THE FEMORAL HEAD AND ACETABULAR LINER ARE ALUMINA CERAMIC COMPONENTS. (B)(4)

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 * PROSTHESIS, HIP, CERAMIC ON CERAMIC JDI DEPUY * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 24 YR