FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 24978913 · Received April 24, 2026

Report

Report Number
1220246-2026-02419
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 24, 2026
Date of Event
July 1, 2020
Report Date
April 24, 2026
Manufacturer
ARTHREX, INC.
Product Code
PHX
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
501

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. A FOLLOW-UP REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED UPON AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ON 02-APR-2026, ARTHREX WAS NOTIFIED VIA EMAIL OF A CASE STUDY PUBLISHED IN 2020 BY THE JOURNAL OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY, TITLED ¿SHORT-TERM SAFETY, FUNCTION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH UNIVERS REVERS PROSTHESIS: A MULTICENTER 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP CASE SERIES". THE STUDY REVIEWED ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN (187) PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT REVERSE TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY (RTSA), TO ADDRESS PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE SHOULDER OSTEOARTHRITIS OR SECONDARY OSTEOARTHRITIS, EITHER OF WHICH WAS ASSOCIATED WITH INSUFFICIENCY IN THE CENTERING FUNCTION OF THE ROTATOR CUFF OR A MASSIVE ROTATOR CUFF TEAR, OR DIAGNOSIS OF PRIMARY OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH A SEVERE GLENOID DEFECT AND POSTERIOR HUMERAL HEAD SUBLUXATION, USING ARTHREX UNIVERSAL GLENOID DEVICES. DURING THE MINIMUM TWO (2) YEAR FOLLOW-UP PERIOD, ONE (1) PATIENT EXPERIENCED IMPLANT FAILURE / BREAKAGE. SOURCE: SCHWYZER H-K, MARZEL A, WIRTH B, ET AL. SHORT-TERM SAFETY, FUNCTION, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH UNIVERS REVERS PROSTHESIS: A MULTICENTER 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP CASE SERIES. JOURNAL OF SHOULDER AND ELBOW SURGERY. 2020;29(11):2282-2291.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
473982 UNK SHOULDR PROSTH, REVERSE CONFIG PHX ARTHREX, INC. UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Other