BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    2520274-2013-05259

    MDR report key: 3324841 · Received September 4, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2520274-2013-05259
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    September 4, 2013
    Report Date
    August 8, 2013
    Manufacturer
    SYNTHES USA
    Product Code
    HSB
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS EVENT DATE: 2008: (B)(6). ADD'L INFOTHIS REPORT IS FOR 1 UNKNOWN PFNA NAIL PMA: DEVICE IS NOT DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT IS SIMILAR TO A DEVICE MARKETED IN THE USA. INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED, NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN AS NO DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. MANUFACTURING RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER. PLACEHOLDER.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    JOURNAL ARTICLE RECEIVED: THE NEW PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAIL ANTIROTATION (PFNA) IN DAILY PRACTICE: RESULTS OF A MULTICENTRE CLINICAL STUDY, INJURY, 2008: 39: 932-939. AUTHORS: R. KI. J. SIMMERMACHER, J. LJUNGQVIST, H. BAIL, T. HOCKERTZ, A. J. H. VOCHTELOO, U. OCHS, CHR.V.D. WERKEN. STUDY WAS COMPRISED OF 313 PATIENTS WITH 315 UNSTABLE TROCHANTERIC FRACTURES ALL TREATED WITH PFNA. THE MEAN AGE WAS 80.6 YEARS, 77 PERCENT WERE FEMALE. 299 PATIENTS HAD A SINGLE ISOLATED FRACTURE, 53 PERCENT WERE ON THE LEFT AND ALL WERE OF TRAUMATIC ORIGIN. 82 PERCENT WERE 31.A.2 FRACTURES AND 18 PERCENT WERE 31.A.3 FRACTURES, ALL WERE CLOSED. NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE FRACTURES WERE UNITED, THE MAJORITY (92 PERCENT) WERE WITHIN 6 MONTHS. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 165 ADVERSE EVENTS. 117 WERE NOT IMPLANT RELATED. FORTY-SIX EVENTS WERE OPERATION OR IMPLANT RELATED RESULTING IN 28 UNPLANNED REOPERATIONS. THERE WERE FOUR PENETRATIONS OF THE HELICAL BLADE REPORTED. AT LEAST THREE OF THESE PENETRATIONS THROUGH THE FOVEA CAPITIS FEMORIS OCCURRED AFTER A FALL ONTO THE IPSILATERAL TROCHANTERIC REGION. ALL FOUR PATIENTS WERE RE-OPERATED. THIS REPORT IS ON A 76 YEAR OLD FEMALE WHO EXPERIENCED THE PENETRATION AFTER A FALL ON THE IPSILATERAL SIDE 6 WEEKS AFTER FIXATION. THIS REPORT IS 1 OF 2 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    437579 HSB SYNTHES USA

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 76 YR Required Intervention