FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

3.5MM LCP RECONSTRUCTION PLATE6 HOLES/84MM

MDR report key: 3173038 · Received June 17, 2013

Report

Report Number
8030965-2013-03292
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 17, 2013
Date of Event
May 20, 2013
Report Date
May 20, 2013
Manufacturer
SYNTHES GMBH
Product Code
KTT
PMA / PMN Number
K000684
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTS WERE REVIEWED AND NO COMPLAINT RELATED ISSUES WERE FOUND. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. IMPLANTED DATE WITHIN LAST 6 MONTHS. EXPLANTED DATE (B)(6) 2013. PLACEHOLDER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT PRESENTED WITH GALEAZZI FRACTURE OF THE ARM, RADIUS, AND RADIAL JOINT WAS OUT OF PLACE AND MAL REDUCED. STANDARD TREATMENT WOULD BE TO PUT THE PLATE ON THE VOLAR ASPECT OF THE RADIUS BUT THE PLATE WAS PLACED ON THE DORSAL ASPECT OF THE RADIUS, AND PATIENT EXPERIENCED TENDON RUPTURE. REVISION INCLUDED REMOVING THE PLATE, PERFORMING A RADIAL OSTEOTOMY AND A TENDON TRANSFER. PLATED THE VOLAR ASPECT OF THE RADIUS COMBINED WITH THE DRUJ ARTHRODESIS AND THEN PERFORMED AN OSTEOTOMY OF THE ULNA. ALSO PERFORMED AN AUTOGRAPH FROM THE LILAC CREST TO THE AREA OF THE ULNA OSTEOTOMY. THE SURGICAL CONCLUSION WAS FAVORABLE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
274002 3.5MM LCP RECONSTRUCTION PLATE6 HOLES/84MM KTT SYNTHES GMBH 3438793

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 23 YR Required Intervention