FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT

MDR report key: 4112874 · Received September 17, 2014

Report

Report Number
9613350-2014-03879
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 17, 2014
Date of Event
September 18, 2012
Report Date
August 28, 2014
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RECEIVE DEVICES OR X-RAYS FOR REVIEW. AS NO LOT NUMBERS WERE PROVIDED FOR THE DEVICES THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. BASED ON THE EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EVENTS REPORTED FORM SEVERAL USER FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE USA, ZIMMER IDENTIFIED THAT THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE OUTCOME OBSERVED WAS A LOOSE OR UNSTABLE CUP THAT RESULTED FROM USE OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUES NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. AS A CORRECTIVE ACTION, A RETRAINING PROGRAM FOR USERS OUTSIDE THE USA WAS INITIATED IN NOVEMBER 2009 AND REPORTED TO THE (B)(4) AS REQUIRED. THE DUROM CUP REPORTED IN THIS CASE IS NOT MARKETED IN THE USA. A SIMILAR CUP, COMPATIBLE WITH THE METASUL LDH FEMORAL HEAD, IS CLEARED IN THE USA AND A CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS PRODUCT WAS REPORTED TO THE FDA IN JULY 2008 AS NOTIFICATION Z-2415/2426-2008. SINCE THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE ISSUE FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A CORRECTIVE ACTION THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED A DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON (B)(6) 2006. THE PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PAIN, METALLOSIS, PSEUDOTUMOR, AND ELEVATED COCR LEVELS. LEFT SIDE CASE: (B)(6).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
576046 DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT KWA ZIMMER GMBH UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R