BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    UNKN SYNERGY HIP STEM

    MDR report key: 20865539 · Received December 6, 2024

    Report

    Report Number
    1020279-2024-02603
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    December 6, 2024
    Date of Event
    June 15, 2022
    Report Date
    December 6, 2024
    Manufacturer
    SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
    Product Code
    JWH
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    CH
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN
    Health Professional
    Yes

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    INTERNAL REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(6). 10.5435/JAAOS-D-22-00010. THIS COMPLAINT WAS OPENED BY SMITH+NEPHEW TO DOCUMENT A PATIENT COMPLICATION IDENTIFIED THROUGH A REVIEW OF CLINICAL EVIDENCE FROM LITERATURE SOURCES THAT INCLUDES REFERENCE TO THE USE OF A SMITH+NEPHEW PRODUCT. THE REPORTED ISSUE(S) RELATE TO KNOWN INHERENT PROCEDURAL RISKS THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY DOCUMENTED IN OUR RISK FILES. SMITH+NEPHEW WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE PROCESS AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTION AS REQUIRED IF ANTICIPATED SEVERITY AND/OR OCCURRENCE RATES ARE EXCEEDED. SMITH+NEPHEW HAS NO REASON TO SUSPECT THAT THE PRODUCT FAILED TO MEET ANY SPECIFICATIONS AT THE TIME OF MANUFACTURE. BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF ALL CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION, WE ARE UNABLE TO CONFIRM A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE REPORTED EVENT AND THE DEVICE OR IDENTIFY A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE. HOWEVER, AS THE USE OF OUR PRODUCT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED AS A POTENTIAL CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR TO THE REPORTED ISSUE, WE ARE CONSERVATIVELY SUBMITTING THIS REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE REGULATIONS. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE THAT ALTERS THE CONCLUSIONS OF THIS REPORT, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED AS REQUIRED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 0

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON LITERATURE REVIEW "THE CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES OF SUBTROCHANTERIC OSTEOTOMY IN CROWE TYPE IV HIP DYSPLASIA: A COMPARISON OF THREE DIFFERENT STEM DESIGNS", 9 (NINE) PATIENTS WITH CROWE TYPE IV DEVELOPMENTAL DYSPLASIA OF THE HIP (DDH) UNDERWENT TREATMENT WITH NON-CEMENTED TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH CHEVRON SUBTROCHANTERIC OSTEOTOMY. 6 (SIX) OUT OF THESE PATIENTS SUFFERED FROM AN INTRAOPERATIVE FEMORAL FRACTURE, WHICH WAS RESOLVED WITH CERCLAGE WIRE OR PATE. ALL PATIENTS ACHIEVED GOOD OR EXCELLENT CLINICAL OUTCOMES. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    2119760 UNKN SYNERGY HIP STEM PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLOFEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, CEMENTED, POLYMER/METAL JWH SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. UNKNOWN

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NA Unknown Required Intervention