FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 50MM

MDR report key: 3241370 · Received July 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-02835
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2013
Date of Event
June 21, 2012
Report Date
September 26, 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
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

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.

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 14 STATES, "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN."

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 REPORTED PATIENT THAT A REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2008 AND RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2008. MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THE LEFT HIP WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PAIN. REVISION OPERATIVE NOTES INDICATE NO APPARENT REACTION FROM THE METAL ON METAL HIP. ALL COMPONENTS WERE WELL FIXED. THE MODULAR HEAD AND TAPER ADAPTER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2008. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. 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
341227 M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 50MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 933550

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R