FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SCISSUM RT TRI FLANGE SZ26

MDR report key: 3051363 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-00909
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
March 13, 2013
Report Date
March 15, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PN/A
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: "IMPLANTS CAN LOOSEN OR MIGRATE DUE TO TRAUMA OR LOSS OF FIXATION."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION HIP ARTHROPLASTY TO REMOVE AND REPLACE COMPETITOR PRODUCT WITH A CUSTOM BIOMET TRIFLANGE ACETABULAR CUP ON (B)(6) 2013. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT AMBULATED AND PLACED WEIGHT ON THE LEG AND RADIOGRAPHS TAKEN ON (B)(6) 2013 REVEALED THE TRIFLANGE COMPONENT PULLED AWAY FROM THE BONE AT THE ISCHIUM. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN BACK INTO SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2013 TO SECURE THE TRIFLANGE COMPONENT AND THE SCREWS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
149411 SCISSUM RT TRI FLANGE SZ26 PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 781390

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R