FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 42MM

MDR report key: 3191433 · Received June 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-02287
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 26, 2013
Date of Event
September 1, 2011
Report Date
November 18, 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
TX, 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." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2010. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2011 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, METAL POISONING AND METALLOSIS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO DATE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT'S REVISION OPERATIVE REPORTS NOTE THE REPAIR OF THE GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE. 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 TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2010. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2011 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, METAL POISONING AND METALLOSIS. 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
291455 M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 42MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 353990

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Hospitalization| R