FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SMITH AND NEPHEW

MDR report key: 2093894 · Received May 12, 2011

Report

Report Number
MW5020600
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 12, 2011
Date of Event
March 28, 2010
Report Date
May 12, 2011
Manufacturer
SMITH AND NEPHEW
Product Code
KWY
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CT, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

HAD A TOTAL RIGHT HIP REPLACEMENT (SMITH AND NEPHEW HIP) IN (B)(6) 2008. WHEN THE HIP WAS 14 MONTHS OLD - (B)(6) 2010, IT POPPED OUT 2 TIMES. THE ORTHOPEDIST HAD NO IDEA WHY. WE WENT ON A CRUISE RIGHT AFTER I WENT TO THE DR - LEFT (B)(6) 2009. WAS EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH ALL ACTIVITIES. WE GOT OFF THE CRUISE IN (B)(6) AND ABOUT A HOUR LATER, I WAS JUST STANDING IN THE LOBBY OF A HOTEL, WAITING FOR MY HUSBAND. MY HIP POPPED OUT, I FELL AND GOT A CONCUSSION. I HAD TO HAVE A REVISION, AND REHAB THERE. I WAS OUT OF CT FOR OVER A MONTH. I CONTINUED REHAB AT HOME. I WAS OUT OF WORK FOR 4 MONTHS. I STILL WALK WITH A LIMP, HAVE A VERY WEAK QUADS MUSCLE, AND THE BACK IS MUCH WORSE, AND SOME OF THE NERVES ARE NOW DAMAGED. I HAVE NUMBNESS IN THE ENTIRE RIGHT LEG, AND SHARP STABBING PAINS ALL OVER THE RIGHT LEG, THAT COME AND GO. THIS SEEMS TO BE PERMANENT, AND DID NOT EXIST BEFORE THE HIP POPPED OUT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SMITH AND NEPHEW HIP BALL KWY SMITH AND NEPHEW
2 SMITH AND NEPHEW CUP JDI SMITH AND NEPHEW

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Hospitalization| R