FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 46MM

MDR report key: 3870443 · Received June 12, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-05496
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 12, 2014
Date of Event
September 27, 2007
Report Date
July 14, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, 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. 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, "INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN." NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL ON METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT, AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 2 OF 2 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-05495 / 05496).

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. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS: EARLY OR LATE POSTOPERATIVE, INFECTION, AND ALLERGIC REACTION. 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

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2005. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2007 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, BONE/TISSUE DAMAGE, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS AND METALLOSIS. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. 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

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2005. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2007 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, BONE/TISSUE DAMAGE, LOSS OF RANGE OF MOTION, ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS AND METALLOSIS. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATES PATIENT UNDERWENT A TWO STAGE REVISION PROCEDURE DUE TO SEPSIS. THE FIRST STAGE OCCURRED ON AN UNKNOWN DATE AND THE SECOND STAGE OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2007. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT NOTED NO INFECTION AT THE TIME OF SECOND STAGE REVISION. 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
348106 M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 46MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 744450

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R