FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PE INSERT FF/28

MDR report key: 3931536 · Received June 23, 2014

Report

Report Number
9613350-2014-03639
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 23, 2014
Date of Event
April 25, 2014
Report Date
June 2, 2014
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RECEIVE AFFECTED DEVICES, X-RAYS, OR OTHER SOURCE DOCUMENTS FOR REVIEW, THOUGH THE LOT NUMBERS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE DEVICES. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE CONFORMING. ONCE THE DEVICES ARE RECEIVED AND INVESTIGATED AND THE RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, AN UPDATED REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT RECEIVED A POLYETHYLENE STANDARD INLAY FF/28, LEFT SIDE, ON (B)(6) 2005. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PT COMPLAINED OF CRACKING SOUND COMING FROM HER LEFT HIP. SINCE THEN, THE PT SUFFERED CONSTANT PAIN AND SHE HAD DIFFICULTY WALKING AND WALKED WITH THE AID OF 2 WALKING CANES. THE PT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2014 AND THE FINDINGS WERE THAT THERE WAS A SPONTANEOUS PERFORATION OF THE LEFT HIP ACETABULAR PROSTHESIS. THE METAL HEAD WENT THROUGH THE PE INSERT AND THE METALBACK. THE SURGERY WAS TO CHANGE THE ACETABULAR COMPONENTS AND ACETABULAR RECONSTRUCTION WITH METAL CROSS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
364573 PE INSERT FF/28 PE INSERT STANDARD KWA ZIMMER GMBH 2090018

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Hospitalization| R