FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 52ODX46ID

MDR report key: 3091694 · Received May 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-01247
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 3, 2013
Date of Event
December 31, 2011
Report Date
February 6, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY FURTHER PATIENT INFORMATION WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 4 OF 6 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-01244/ 01249).

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 OR DEVIATION. 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." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 4 OF 6 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-01244/ 01249).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2007 AND A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2009. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT REVISION ON (B)(6) 2011 AND A RIGHT REVISION ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF METALLOSIS AND OTHER UNKNOWN MEDICAL SYMPTOMS AND CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED FROM LEGAL COUNSEL WITH OPERATIVE NOTES ON LEFT HIP INDICATES STERILE APPEARING FLUID, COTTAGE CHEESE APPEARING METALLOSIS REACTIVE TISSUE, METALLOSIS DEBRIS, FRETTING, PITTING AND WEAR, HYPERTROPHIC CAPSULE, A FRACTURE AND SOFT TISSUE DESTRUCTION AT TIME OF LEFT HIP REVISION. FURTHER INFORMATION WITH OPERATIVE NOTES ON THE RIGHT HIP INDICATE CLEAR FLUID CONSISTENT WITH ALVAL REACTION, COTTAGE CHEESE APPEARING MATERIAL CONSISTENT WITH ALVAL REACTION, HYPERTROPIC CAPSULE AND METALLOSIS REACTION AT TIME OF RIGHT HIP REVISION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM LEGAL COUNSEL WITH OPERATIVE NOTES INDICATE PATIENT¿S BLOOD TEST RESULTS FOR CHROMIUM AND COBALT WERE ELEVATED AT TIME OF LEFT HIP REVISION. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2007 AND A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2009. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT REVISION ON (B)(6) 2011 AND A RIGHT REVISION ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF METALLOSIS AND OTHER UNKNOWN MEDICAL SYMPTOMS AND CONDITIONS. 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
194477 M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 52ODX46ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 915490

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R