FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RECAP FEM HD COCR CEMENTED DIA50MM

MDR report key: 4173414 · Received October 15, 2014

Report

Report Number
3002806535-2014-00232
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 15, 2014
Date of Event
September 18, 2014
Report Date
November 7, 2014
Manufacturer
BIOMET UK LTD.
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE USER FACILITY IS OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. NO MEDWATCH REPORT WAS RECEIVED. CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. EVALUATION IN PROCESS BUT NOT YET COMPLETE. UPON COMPLETION OF EVALUATION, A FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SENT TO THE FDA.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE HEAD REVEALED EVIDENCE OF SCRATCHING AND WEAR. EXAMINATION OF RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES RECEIVED SHOW POSSIBLE RADIOLUCENCIES ADJACENT TO THE FRACTURE. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE FEMORAL STEM AFTER FRACTURE OR AS A RESULT OF BONE RESORPTION IN THIS AREA PRIOR TO FRACTURE. SINCE THE FRACTURE OCCURRED 6 YEARS AFTER THE INITIAL IMPLANTATION, IT WOULD SUGGEST THAT EITHER A TRAUMATIC EVENT OR PATIENT DEGENERATIVE BONE CONDITION MAY HAVE RESULTED IN THE FRACTURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE HOSPITAL THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HIP REPLACEMENT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. SUBSEQUENTLY A REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6), 2014 DUE TO A FEMUR NECK FRACTURE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
653808 RECAP FEM HD COCR CEMENTED DIA50MM PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET UK LTD. N/A 1128000

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R