FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

8MM TI CANNULATED TIBIAL NAIL-EX/360MM-STERILE

MDR report key: 2904881 · Received January 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
1719045-2013-00086
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 9, 2013
Report Date
December 14, 2012
Manufacturer
SYNTHES MONUMENT
Product Code
JDS
PMA / PMN Number
K040762
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING A SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2011, A PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A TIBIA NAIL. A FOLLOW UP X-RAY REVEALED A NON-UNION. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT HAD SURGERY TO REMOVE THE HARDWARE. THE SURGEON REAMED THE CANAL TO INCREASE BLOOD FLOW TO THE BONE AND PROMOTE HEALING. THE PATIENT WAS THEN IMPLANTED WITH A LARGER DIAMETER NAIL, END CAP, AND THREE SCREWS. THIS IS 1 OF 5 REPORTS FOR THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
12112 8MM TI CANNULATED TIBIAL NAIL-EX/360MM-STERILE NAIL JDS SYNTHES MONUMENT

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Required Intervention SCREWS