FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM MODULAR HEAD SZ 52MM

MDR report key: 3132374 · Received May 29, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-01690
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 29, 2013
Date of Event
August 6, 2012
Report Date
April 30, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

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 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." NUMBER 6 STATES,"INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS." NUMBER 14 STATES,"INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." NUMBER 15 STATS, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL-ON-METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 3 OF 3 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2012-01620-1 & 2013-01689/1690).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2008. LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT FURTHER REPORTS THAT PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF DYSFUNCTION, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, PAIN, SWELLING, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, LACK OF MOBILITY, A "MILKY, CHALKY, WHITE FLUID" PRESENT AND THE ACETABULAR "SOCKET WAS LOOSE". 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
235585 M2A-MAGNUM MODULAR HEAD SZ 52MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 958910

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R