FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TAPERLOC POR LAT FMRL 5.0X130

MDR report key: 3115239 · Received May 16, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-01530
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 16, 2013
Date of Event
April 18, 2013
Report Date
April 19, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PK030055
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENT INFORMATION INDICATES THAT HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION CAUSED THE EVENT BY CAUSING THE STEM TO LOOSEN. 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 4 STATES, "LOOSENING OR MIGRATION OF THE IMPLANTS CAN OCCUR DUE TO LOSS OF FIXATION, TRAUMA, MALALIGNMENT, BONE RESORPTION, EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2005. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO STEM LOOSENING FROM HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION. THE STEM, HEAD AND LINER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH BIOMET PRODUCT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
217985 TAPERLOC POR LAT FMRL 5.0X130 PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 749830

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R