FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ARCOS 16X190MM SPL TAPER DISTAL STEM

MDR report key: 3914306 · Received July 3, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-05944
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 3, 2014
Date of Event
August 19, 2013
Report Date
July 23, 2019
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
JDI
PMA / PMN Number
PK090757
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

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 9 STATES, "FATIGUE FRACTURE OF COMPONENT CAN OCCUR AS A RESULT OF LOSS OF FIXATION, STRENUOUS ACTIVITY, MALALIGNMENT, TRAUMA, NON-UNION, OR EXCESSIVE WEIGHT."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT ENROLLED IN A CLINICAL STUDY AND UNDERWENT A LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE TO IMPLANT CEMENT SPACER MOLDS ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO INFECTION. PATIENT UNDERWENT A REIMPLANTATION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT AN OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO AN ACUTE FRACTURE OF THE DISTAL FEMUR AS A RESULT OF PATIENT FALL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
389761 ARCOS 16X190MM SPL TAPER DISTAL STEM PROSTHESIS, HIP JDI BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 543020

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Hospitalization| R