UNK SHOULDER PROXIMAL BODY GLOBAL
Report
- Report Number
- 1818910-2025-10627
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 26, 2025
- Date of Event
- January 1, 2024
- Manufacturer
- DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US
- Product Code
- HSD
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- CA
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
- Health Professional
- Yes
Narratives
PRODUCT COMPLAINT #(B)(4). INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: NO DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FOR EXAMINATION. THIS COMPLAINT WAS OPENED TO DOCUMENT COMPLAINTS DERIVED THROUGH A JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW. FOLLOW-UPS WERE DONE TO TRY AND OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE JOURNAL ARTICLE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED. AS PART OF OUR COMPANY QUALITY SYSTEM PROCESS, ALL DEVICES ARE MANUFACTURED, INSPECTED, AND DISTRIBUTED TO APPROVED SPECIFICATIONS. ADDITIONAL COMPLAINT INFORMATION MONITORING FOR POTENTIAL SAFETY SIGNALS WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH COMPLAINT TRENDING AS PART OF THE POST-MARKET SURVEILLANCE. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE UPDATED AS APPLICABLE. DEVICE HISTORY LOT: THE DEVICE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN; THEREFORE, A DEVICE HISTORY REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. IF THE LOT/SERIAL NUMBER BECOMES AVAILABLE, THE RECORD WILL BE RE-ASSESSED.
PRODUCT COMPLAINT # (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803 (AND/OR PART 4, AS APPLICABLE). THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH HAS NOT BEEN INVESTIGATED OR VERIFIED PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE PRODUCT, DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL REPORT, A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. H11 ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURER NARRATIVE: D4: UDI: AS THE CATALOG/MODEL NUMBER WAS NOT PROVIDED, THE (01) GTIN IS NOT AVAILABLE.
THIS COMPLAINT IS FROM A LITERATURE SOURCE. THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE CITE HAS BEEN REVIEWED: HONOKI K. ET AL. A SECULAR RADIOGRAPHIC CHANGE AROUND UNCEMENTED HUMERAL STEM AFTER SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY - MORE THAN 8 YEARS FOLLOW-UP. SEMINARS IN ARTHROPLASTY 34 (2024) 197-202. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1053/J.SART.2023.10.005. (PUBMED CITATION NOT AVAILABLE) OBJECTIVE/METHODS/STUDY DATA: THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE CHRONOLOGICAL RADIOGRAPHIC CHANGES TO THE HUMERUS IN THE LONG TERM AFTER UNCEMENTED SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY. THIS RETROSPECTIVE CASE-SERIES STUDY WAS APPROVED BY THE INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (IRB) OF HOKUSHIN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL (APPROVAL NO. 2301). SUBJECTS COMPRISED 24 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY (TSA; N=14) OR HUMERAL HEAD REPLACEMENT (HHR; N=10) BETWEEN 2005 AND 2012 AND WERE ABLE TO BE FOLLOWED UP FOR =8 YEARS. ALL ARTHROPLASTIES WERE PERFORMED USING A SINGLE UNCEMENTED STANDARD HUMERAL STEM (GLOBAL ADVANTAGE; DEPUY, WARSAW, IN, USA). THE MEAN FOLLOW-UP WAS 10.7 ± 1.6 YEARS. LOT, MODEL AND CATALOG NUMBER ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT THE SUSPECTED DEPUY SYNTHES DEVICE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH REPORTED ADVERSE EVENTS: DEPUY SYNTHES GLOBAL ADVANTAGE. ADVERSE EVENT(S) AND PROVIDED INTERVENTIONS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH UNK SHOULDER HUMERAL STEM GLOBAL AND UNK SHOULDER PROXIMAL BODY GLOBAL (QTY 2): 2 CASES HAD LOOSENING OF THE STEM. NO INTERVENTION NOTED. ADVERSE EVENT(S) AND PROVIDED INTERVENTIONS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH UNK SHOULDER CONSTRUCT GLOBAL (QTY 19): (N=14) SCLEROSIS AT THE TIP OF THE STEM; INTERVENTION NOT PROVIDED. (N=1) GRADE 4 BONE RESORPTION IN THE PROXIMAL AREA AT 2 YEARS. NO INTERVENTION NOTED. (N=3) GRADE 1 BONE RESORPTION IN THE PROXIMAL AREA AT 2 YEARS, WHICH DISAPPEARED AT FINAL FOLLOW-UP. NO INTERVENTION NOTED. (N=1) GRADE 3 BONE RESORPTION IN THE PROXIMAL AREA AT 2 YEARS WHICH PROGRESSED TO GRADE 4 AT FINAL FOLLOW-UP WITHOUT LOOSENING. NO INTERVENTION NOTED. ADVERSE EVENT(S) AND PROVIDED INTERVENTIONS POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH UNK SHOULDER CONSTRUCT GLOBAL (QTY 1): - IN 76-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT, DISTAL RLL TURNED TO DISTAL SCLEROSIS. NO INTERVENTION NOTED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1175397 | UNK SHOULDER PROXIMAL BODY GLOBAL | SHOULDER PROXIMAL BODY | HSD | DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS INC US |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | Unknown | Required Intervention |