FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN_RECONSTRUCTIVE_PRODUCT

MDR report key: 4090357 · Received September 15, 2014

Report

Report Number
0002249697-2014-03466
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 15, 2014
Date of Event
August 27, 2014
Report Date
August 27, 2014
Manufacturer
STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS-MAHWAH
Product Code
JWH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CATALOG NUMBER UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. DEVICE DESCRIPTION REPORTED AS UNKNOWN SERIES II LINER. ADDITIONALLY, AN UNKNOWN SECUREFIT CUP AND SCREWS WERE REPORTED. BASED ON THE MINIMAL INFORMATION RECEIVED, IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED WHICH, IF ANY OF THESE DEVICES MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT'S EXPERIENCE. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, IT WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. DEVICE NOT RETURNED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PATIENT IS (B)(6) CENTIMETERS IN HEIGHT. AN EVENT REGARDING INFECTION INVOLVING A SERIES 2 LINER WAS REPORTED. THE EVENT WAS CONFIRMED. METHOD & RESULTS: DEVICE EVALUATION AND RESULTS: COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS NO ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT WERE RETURNED OR MADE AVAILABLE FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EVALUATION. MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED AND EVALUATION: A REVIEW OF THE PROVIDED MEDICAL RECORDS AND/OR X-RAYS BY A CLINICAL CONSULTANT CONCLUDED: ¿[¿]THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS INFECTED LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY APPROXIMATELY TWENTY YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION REQUIRING REVISION IN A HIGH RISK PATIENT (HEMOPHILIA AND PREVIOUS INFECTIONS) WAS RELATED TO THE PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS INITIALLY IMPLANTED IN THIS CASE. CONCLUSIONS: THE INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT PER CLINICAL CONSULTANT¿S MEDICAL REVIEW THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS INFECTED LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY APPROXIMATELY TWENTY YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION REQUIRING REVISION IN A HIGH RISK PATIENT WAS RELATED TO THE PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS INITIALLY IMPLANTED IN THIS CASE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAS PAIN OF THE LEFT HIP WHICH WAS DONE AROUND 1995. PATIENT WAS FOUND TO BE INFECTED INTRAOP. THE SECURE FIT CUP, SERIES 2 LINER AND 2 SCREWS WERE REMOVED. SURGEON IMPLANTED A TEMPORARY CEMENT SPACER AND WILL RETURN ONCE TO INFECTION HAS CLEARED. HOSPITAL WILL BE RETAINING THE EXPLANTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAS PAIN OF THE LEFT HIP WHICH WAS DONE AROUND 1995. PATIENT WAS FOUND TO BE INFECTED INTRAOP. THE SECURE FIT CUP, SERIES 2 LINER AND 2 SCREWS WERE REMOVED. SURGEON IMPLANTED A TEMPORARY CEMENT SPACER AND WILL RETURN ONCE TO INFECTION HAS CLEARED. HOSPITAL WILL BE RETAINING THE EXPLANTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
568184 UNKNOWN_RECONSTRUCTIVE_PRODUCT IMPLANT JWH STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS-MAHWAH UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Required Intervention