FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 48MM

MDR report key: 3872374 · Received June 13, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-05498
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 13, 2014
Report Date
June 4, 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
AL, 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. UPON REVIEW OF THE REVISION OP REPORT, IT APPEARS THAT THE PROCEDURE REPORTED OCCURRING ON (B)(6) 2013 IS THE SECOND STAGE OF A TWO-STAGE REVISION AND NOT A SEPARATE REVISION PROCEDURE. 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 4 STATES, ¿LOOSENING OR MIGRATION OF THE IMPLANTS MAY OCCUR DUE TO LOSS OF FIXATION, TRAUMA, MALALIGNMENT, BONE RESORPTION, EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY.¿ NUMBER 10 STATES, ¿FRETTING AND CREVICE CORROSION MAY OCCUR AT INTERFACES BETWEEN 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 PATIENT¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 3 OF 4 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-02522 / -02523 AND -05498 / -05499).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2007. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, BONE/TISSUE DAMAGE AND METALLOSIS. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT¿S OPERATIVE (OP) NOTES DATED (B)(6) 2013 REPORTS, PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO ACUTE LATE SEPTIC ARTHRITIS IN PREVIOUSLY IMPLANTED RIGHT TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT. REVISION OP REPORT NOTES THE PRESENCE OF NECROTIC-APPEARING FAT, RUBBERY GRANULATION TISSUE, AND CORROSION AT THE JUNCTION. IN ADDITION, OP NOTES REPORT NO SIGN OF METALLOSIS, PSEUDOTUMOR FORMATION, OR OSTEOLYSIS. THE CUP, HEAD, AND TAPER INSERT WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS REPORTS THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2007. THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORTED REVISION PROCEDURE FOR THE LEFT SIDE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
349406 M2A-MAGNUM MOD HD SZ 48MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 095050

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization