FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PLATE, FIXATION, BONE

MDR report key: 3920007 · Received July 8, 2014

Report

Report Number
2520274-2014-12357
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 8, 2014
Report Date
June 16, 2014
Manufacturer
SYNTHES (USA)
Product Code
HRS
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SZ
Reporter Occupation
PHARMACIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. ¿COMPARING HOOK PLATES AND KIRSCHNER TENSION BAND WIRING FOR UNSTABLE LATERAL CLAVICLE FRACTURE¿ (2011, NOVEMBER). CHANG, C.-H., YANG, R.-S., AND WU, K. ORTHOPEDICS/ORHTOSUPERSITE, 34:11, E718-E723. THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN HOOK PLATES/UNKNOWN QUANTITY/UNKNOWN LOT. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE SUBSEQUENT REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING JOURNAL ARTICLE, ¿COMPARING HOOK PLATES AND KIRSCHNER TENSION BAND WIRING FOR UNSTABLE LATERAL CLAVICLE FRACTURE¿ (2011, NOVEMBER). CHANG, C.-H., YANG, R.-S., AND WU, K. ORTHOPEDICS/ORHTOSUPERSITE, 34:11, E718-E723. THIS WAS A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY (LEVEL OF EVIDENCE, II-2). ALL PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE NEER TYPE II LATERAL CLAVICLE FRACTURES WERE OPERATED ON IN THE INSTITUTE FROM JANUARY 2007 TO JULY 2010. THE INCLUDED PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE EITHER K-WIRE TENSION BAND OR HOOK PLATE OPERATIONS. NINETY-TWO PATIENTS RECEIVED CLAVICULAR HOOK PLATE (SYNTHES, (B)(4)) FIXATION, AND 24 PATIENTS WERE STABILIZED WITH K-WIRE FIXATION. NINETY-TWO PATIENTS WITH UNSTABLE FRACTURES OF THE LATERAL CLAVICLE WERE TREATED WITH CLAVICULAR HOOK PLATE FIXATION. FIFTY-FIVE MEN AND 37 WOMEN HAD A MEAN AGE OF 49.3_15.54 YEARS (RANGE, 22-80 YEARS). COMPLICATIONS IN THE HOOK PLATE GROUP INCLUDED 7 PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURES, 4 PLATE REMOVALS, AND 1 PLATE MALPOSITION IN A 50 YEAR OLD MALE, IN WHICH THE HOOK WAS NOT INSERTED INTO THE SUBACROMIAL SPACE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN HOOK PLATES AND THE (B)(6) MALE WHO UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY FOR PLATE MALPOSITION. THIS REPORT IS FOR 1 DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
396429 PLATE, FIXATION, BONE HRS SYNTHES (USA)

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Required Intervention