BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    TAPERLOC POR LAT FMRL 12.5X145

    MDR report key: 3790463 · Received May 5, 2014

    Report

    Report Number
    0001825034-2014-03533
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    May 5, 2014
    Report Date
    July 8, 2014
    Manufacturer
    BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
    Product Code
    LPH
    PMA / PMN Number
    PK030055
    Removal / Correction Number
    N/A
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    GA, 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. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 1 STATES, ¿MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS.¿ NUMBER 6 STATES, ¿INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF COMPONENTS.¿ NUMBER 14 STATES, ¿POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND PAIN.¿ THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 4 OF 4 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME PATIENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-03530/03533).

    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.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2010. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTED PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, DISCOMFORT, SORENESS, DYSFUNCTION, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, FLUID, DAMAGE TO BONE AND TISSUE, METAL POISONING, METALLOSIS AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS. A REVIEW OF THE INVOICE HISTORY CONFIRMED THE INITIAL SURGERY DATE. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM PATIENT OPERATIVE (OP) REPORT NOTES PATIENT WAS REVISED (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO PAIN. REVISION OP REPORT NOTES THE PRESENCE OF FLUID, DISCOLORATION OF SOFT TISSUES, AND CORROSION ON THE TRUNNION. THE CUP, MODULAR HEAD, AND TAPER INSERT WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2010. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTED PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, DISCOMFORT, SORENESS, DYSFUNCTION, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, FLUID, DAMAGE TO BONE AND TISSUE, METAL POISONING, METALLOSIS AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED REVISION PROCEDURE TO DATE. A REVIEW OF THE INVOICE HISTORY CONFIRMED THE INITIAL SURGERY DATE. 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
    268602 TAPERLOC POR LAT FMRL 12.5X145 PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 997850

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Hospitalization| R