FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 58ODX52ID

MDR report key: 3970500 · Received July 31, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2014-06660
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 31, 2014
Date of Event
June 2, 2011
Report Date
November 3, 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
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH WAS UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS: "LOOSENING, MIGRATION, OR FRACTURE OF THE IMPLANTS CAN OCCUR DUE TO LOSS OF FIXATION, TRAUMA, MALALIGNMENT, MALPOSITION, NON-UNION, BONE RESORPTION, EXCESSIVE WEIGHT, AND/OR EXCESSIVE UNUSUAL AND/OR AWKWARD MOVEMENT AND/OR ACTIVITY. " THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 1 OF 4 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME PATIENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-06660 / 06661 AND 08598 AND 08600).

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 1 STATES, ¿MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS.¿ NUMBER 6 STATES, ¿INADEQUATE RANGE OF MOTION DUE TO IMPROPER SELECTION OR POSITIONING OF 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 PLAINTIFF¿S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 1 OF 2 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2014-06660 & 06661).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2009. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTED PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, DAMAGE TO BONE/TISSUE, LACK OF MOBILITY, METAL POISONING, METALLOSIS AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011. A REVIEW OF THE INVOICE HISTORY CONFIRMED THE SURGERY DATES AND INDICATES THE MODULAR HEAD, TAPER ADAPTER AND ACETABULAR CUP WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. 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 MEDICAL RECORDS REVEALED REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2011. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT NOTED SCAR TISSUE, LOOSE ACETABULAR CUP, LATERAL OSTEOPHYTE, AND HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION. FURTHER INFORMATION IN PATIENT'S MEDICAL RECORDS REVEALED A SECOND REVISION PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2011 DUE TO DISLOCATIONS. THE PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORT FURTHER NOTED FIBROSIS, SCAR TISSUE, METALLOSIS WITHIN SOFT TISSUES, AND WEAR OF THE FEMORAL HEAD AT TIME OF REVISION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LEGAL COUNSEL FOR PATIENT REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2009. PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL FURTHER REPORTED PATIENT ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN, DAMAGE TO BONE/TISSUE, LACK OF MOBILITY, METAL POISONING, METALLOSIS AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011. A REVIEW OF THE INVOICE HISTORY CONFIRMED THE SURGERY DATES AND INDICATES THE MODULAR HEAD, TAPER ADAPTER AND ACETABULAR CUP WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED. 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
447642 M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 58ODX52ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 093970

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Hospitalization| R