FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 2541278 · Received April 13, 2012

Report

Report Number
2541278
Date Received
April 13, 2012
Date of Event
April 4, 2012
Report Date
April 12, 2012
Manufacturer
BIOMET INC
Product Code
JDI
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION OF TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT IN 2008. INITIALLY HE DID WELL, BUT LATELY HAS HAD INCREASING PAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS STARTING ABOUT THANKSGIVING TIME. PAIN FAILED TO RESOLVE DESPITE USE OF ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES REGULARLY AND CAIN USE, AND HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT LIMP. HE APPEARS TO HAVE LOOSENING OF HIS ACETABULAR SIDE AND HAS CONSENTED FOR ANOTHER REVISION SURGERY. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY REVISION ACETABULAR AND FEMORAL HEAD COMPONENT. NO COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED. THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM PATHOLOGY. 1. TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY REVISION ACETABULAR AND FEMORAL HEAD COMPONENT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY REVISION ACETABULAR AND FEMORAL HEAD COMPONENT. 2. ORTHOPEDIC HARDWARE- THERE IS GREENISH CEMENT MATERIAL ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ACETABULAR PORTION OF THE SPECIMEN. THIS PORTION OF THE HARDWARE MEASURES UP TO 4.8 CM IN DIAMETER AND IS MARKED WITH THE NUMBER B 42X4AMM 230580. THE ROUNDED SMOOTH SHINY PORTION OF THE JOINT HARDWARE MEASURES UP TO 3.8 CM IN DIAMETER. ON THE LOWER ASPECT THERE IS A MARKING THAT IS +3 AND ALSO THE NUMBER 42. THE PATIENT DID WELL AND WAS DISCHARGED HOME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 * ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT JDI BIOMET INC * 058090

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR