FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MAGNUM TRISPIKE CUP 56ODX50ID

MDR report key: 3885018 · Received June 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-05656
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 19, 2014
Date of Event
January 28, 2014
Report Date
June 10, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK062995
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, 1. MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS. 14. INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN. 15. 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 PATIENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-02422 AND 05656).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2010. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTED PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2014 DUE TO PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN; SWELLING; INFLAMMATION; DIFFICULTY STANDING, SITTING, AND WALKING; AND MOVING UP AND DOWN STAIRS. THE MODULAR HEAD AND TAPER ADAPTER WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE THAT LEFT HIP REVISION PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2014 WAS DUE TO PAIN, METALLOSIS, SWELLING AND EVIDENCE OF FLUID COLLECTION. THE PATIENT¿S OPERATIVE REPORT NOTED GREENISH GRAY FLUID. THE ACETABULAR CUP WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED IN PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS NOTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2013 PATIENT¿S BLOOD WAS TESTED. 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
362028 MAGNUM TRISPIKE CUP 56ODX50ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 788370

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 71 YR Hospitalization| R