FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 52ODX46ID

MDR report key: 3477464 · Received November 19, 2013

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2013-05221
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 19, 2013
Date of Event
July 25, 2014
Report Date
January 26, 2015
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

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. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. 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." NUMBER 1 STATES, "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS" NUMBER 6 STATES, "INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION." NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED." THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 4 OF 7 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2013-04085-1 AND 1825034-2013-05219 / -05222 AND -05458 / -05459).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY CORRECTED INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON MARCH 22, 2007 AND A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON JUNE 10, 2008. LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, LACK OF MOBILITY, DYSFUNCTION, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, ELEVATED BLOOD METAL IONS, METAL POISONING, AND METALLOSIS. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013. THE MODULAR HEAD, ACETABULAR CUP AND TAPER ADAPTER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. NO FURTHER REVISION PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DATE. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6), 2007 AND A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6), 2008. LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, LACK OF MOBILITY, DYSFUNCTION, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, ELEVATED BLOOD METAL IONS, METAL POISONING, AND METALLOSIS. SUBSEQUENTLY, LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2013. THE MODULAR HEAD, ACETABULAR CUP AND TAPER ADAPTER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. NO FURTHER REVISION PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DATE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM OPERATIVE REPORT NOTED A PSEUDOTUMOR, PAIN AND OSTEOLYSIS AROUND THE ACETABULAR CUP DURING THE LEFT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2013. OPERATIVE REPORT FURTHER NOTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2014 DUE TO SEROUS FLUID AND PAIN. THE MODULAR HEAD, ACETABULAR CUP AND TAPER ADAPTER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. 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
599535 M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 52ODX46ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 571330

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 49 YR Required Intervention