FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SROM 16X11X150 STD 36+6 LAT

MDR report key: 2854061 · Received December 3, 2012

Report

Report Number
1818910-2012-28485
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 3, 2012
Date of Event
November 27, 2012
Report Date
November 28, 2012
Manufacturer
DEPUY INTERNATIONAL
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
K954935
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS COMPLAINT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. DEPUY WILL NOTIFY THE FDA OF THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION ONCE IT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXAMINATION OF THE RETURNED DEVICE WAS NOT POSSIBLE AS IT WAS NOT RETURNED. IT WAS COMMUNICATED THAT THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED AND THERE ARE NO PLANS FOR SURGICAL INTERVENTION. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINTS DATABASES FINDS NO OTHER REPORTS AGAINST THE PRODUCT LOT CODE COMBINATION SINCE ITS RELEASE TO DISTRIBUTION. REVIEW OF PROVIDED PATIENT X-RAYS CONFIRMS THE FRACTURE. ADDITIONALLY, RESEARCH USING THE AS400 SYSTEM INDICATES THAT SEVERAL OTHER DEVICES FROM THE REPORTED LOT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AND ARE CONSIDERED SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED AS NO OTHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THE INVESTIGATION CAN DRAW NO CONCLUSIONS WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INABILITY TO DETERMINE ROOT CAUSE, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS NOT BEEN INDICATED. DEPUY CONSIDERS THIS INVESTIGATION CLOSED. SHOULD THE PRODUCT OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT CHANGES THIS CONCLUSION BE RECEIVED, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH PAIN IN THE RIGHT HIP, AND AFTER X-RAY IMAGING, IT WAS SHOWN THAT THE STEM WAS FRACTURED DISTALLY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SROM 16X11X150 STD 36+6 LAT DEPUY HIP IMPLANT LPH DEPUY INTERNATIONAL 2708821

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Required Intervention