FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SILASTIC WRIST IMPLANT

MDR report key: 21917 · Received April 21, 1995

Report

Report Number
21917
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 21, 1995
Date of Event
April 12, 1995
Report Date
April 20, 1995
Manufacturer
UNKNOWN
Product Code
KWM
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT UNDERWENT IMPLANT PLACEMENT IN LEFT WRIST DURING 1988. SHE BEGAN TO COMPLAIN OF PAIN AND SWELLING APPROX 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO ADMISSION. THE PT WAS TAKEN TO SURGERY WHERE EROSION OF THE IMPLANT WAS FOUND. THE IMPLANT WAS REMOVED AND THE PT UNDERWENT LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION AND TENDON INTERPOSITION, AS WELL AS CARPOMETACARPAL EXCISIONAL ARTHROPLASTY. INITIAL SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT ANOTHER FACILITY. IMPLANTED 1988. EXPLANTED 4/12/95.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SILASTIC WRIST IMPLANT Implant SILASTIC WRIST IMPLANT KWM UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Hospitalization| R