FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

4.0MM CANNULATED SCREW LONG THREAD/48MM

MDR report key: 3241185 · Received July 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
2520274-2013-04459
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2013
Report Date
June 28, 2013
Manufacturer
SYNTHES USA
Product Code
HWC
PMA / PMN Number
K963192
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NV
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AND NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN AS NO DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. PLACEHOLDER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WAS SEEN FOR A POST 6 WEEK, RIGHT ANKLE FRACTURE FOLLOW-UP. THE EXAMINATION REVEALED A FIXATION FAILURE (NON-UNION). THE PATIENT WAS RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM ON (B)(6) 2013. THE HARDWARE WAS REMOVED AND THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A LOCKING FIBULAR PLATE CONSTRUCT WITHOUT COMPLICATION. THE PATIENT WAS RECOVERING WITH NO COMPLICATIONS. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 4 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
341804 4.0MM CANNULATED SCREW LONG THREAD/48MM HWC SYNTHES USA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention