FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRANSCEND(R) QUADRANT SHELL

MDR report key: 3381823 · Received October 2, 2013

Report

Report Number
1043534-2013-01702
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 2, 2013
Report Date
September 13, 2013
Manufacturer
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
LPH
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE. TRENDS WILL BE EVALUATED. THE EVENT CODE IS ADDRESSED IN THE PACKAGE INSERT. THIS REPORT WILL BE UPDATED WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETE. THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). THIS IS THE SAME EVENT AS 1043534-2013-01703, 01704.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ALLEGEDLY PER JOURNAL ARTICLE BY BRANDT, ET AL., PROC INST MECH ENG H, 2013. 227(28): P. 833-46, "CLINICAL FAILURE ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY CERAMIC-ON-CERAMIC TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS.": ONE PATIENT WITH A TRANSCEND(R) CERAMIC-ON-CERAMIC BEARING WAS REVISED NECK IMPINGEMENT WITH METALLOSIS AT 10.87 YEARS FOLLOW UP. THE AUTHORS FURTHER STATED THAT, "PATIENTS WHO HAD INITIALLY RECEIVED THEIR PRIMARY CC BEARING AT OUR INSTITUTION AND WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REVISED." AND "TAPER MISMATCH BETWEEN THE CERAMIC FEMORAL HEAD AND THE TI ALLOY FEMORAL STEM: TRIDENT (STRYKER, INC.), PINNACLE (DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, INC), AND TRANSCEND (WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.)" NO FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS PATIENT OR REVISION WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
496856 TRANSCEND(R) QUADRANT SHELL HIP COMPONENT, CODE:LPH LPH WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention