FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RECAP CEMENT FMRL HD RESUR 48M

MDR report key: 3813496 · Received May 15, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-04184
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 15, 2014
Date of Event
September 15, 2011
Report Date
July 17, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KXA
PMA / PMN Number
PK021799
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION NECESSARY TO REVIEW MANUFACTURING HISTORY WAS NOT PROVIDED. CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS COULD NOT BE COMPLETED WITH THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED. EXPIRATION DATE - UNKNOWN, DATE EXPLANTED - UNKNOWN, PMA/510(K) NUMBER - UNKNOWN, MANUFACTURE DATE - UNKNOWN.

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. 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 14 STATES, "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE OF THE FEMORAL NECK AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2008. LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTS PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, AND LACK OF MOBILITY. 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 PATIENT UNDERWENT RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2008. LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTS PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, DAMAGE TO SURROUNDING BONE AND TISSUE, AND LACK OF MOBILITY. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED NOTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT HIP RESURFACING PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008. OPERATIVE REPORT NOTED PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2011 DUE TO PAIN. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND A TOTAL HIP SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
290639 RECAP CEMENT FMRL HD RESUR 48M PROSTHESIS, HIP KXA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 303810

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR Hospitalization| R