FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTER-OP ACETABULAR SHELL

MDR report key: 311086 · Received January 3, 2001

Report

Report Number
MW1020750
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 3, 2001
Date of Event
December 5, 2000
Report Date
January 3, 2001
Manufacturer
SULZER MEDICA, SULZER ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Product Code
KWB
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT RECEIVED A SULZER MEDICA, -SULZER ORTHOPEDICS, INC. - INTER-OP ACETABULAR SHELL IMPLANT. FOUR MONTHS LATER THE IMPLANTED DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. PT'S PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS WAS "LOOSE ACETABULUM LEFT HIP." PT EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LEFT HIP WITH X-RAY EVIDENCE THAT ACETABULUM HAD SHIFTED. AT SURGERY, THE ACETABULUM WAS GROSSLY SHIFTED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY IN-GROWTH ANYWHERE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
244 INTER-OP ACETABULAR SHELL HEMIS POR SHELL W/ SEALED SCREWHOLES SZ53MM KWB SULZER MEDICA, SULZER ORTHOPEDICS, INC. * 1426627

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Hospitalization| R