FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A 38MM MOD HEAD+6MM NK NO SKRT

MDR report key: 2974859 · Received February 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-00332
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 22, 2013
Date of Event
December 29, 2011
Report Date
April 12, 2022
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK011110
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 1 STATES, "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS." NUMBER 14 STATES, "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL-ON-METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES. " THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 2 OF 2 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-00331 / 00332).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2004. LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF ELEVATED COCR LEVELS, PAIN AND AUDIBLE SQUEAKING. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL ALLEGES PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2011. A REVIEW OF INVOICE HISTORY CONFIRMS THE SURGERY DATES AND THAT THE CUP AND THE HEAD WERE REMOVED DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
78527 M2A 38MM MOD HEAD+6MM NK NO SKRT PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 963420

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 51 YR Male Hospitalization| R