FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MALLORY-HEAD LATERAL POROUS FEMORAL 9MM

MDR report key: 3241441 · Received July 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-02849
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2013
Date of Event
April 25, 2005
Report Date
June 24, 2013
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PK003429
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 3 STATES, "INTRAOPERATIVE BONE PERFORATION OR FRACTURE MAY OCCUR, PARTICULARLY IN THE PRESENCE OF POOR BONE STOCK CAUSED BY OSTEOPOROSIS, BONE DEFECTS FROM PREVIOUS SURGERY, BONE RESORPTION, OR WHILE INSERTING THE DEVICE."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT ENROLLED IN A CLINICAL STUDY UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2004. INTRAOPERATIVELY, THE FEMUR FRACTURED AND A CERCLAGE CABLE WAS USED IN THE PROCEDURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2005 AND THE CABLE WAS REMOVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
340242 MALLORY-HEAD LATERAL POROUS FEMORAL 9MM PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 895030

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR Hospitalization| R