PLATE, FIXATION, BONE
Report
- Report Number
- 2520274-2015-11412
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- March 10, 2015
- Report Date
- February 25, 2015
- Manufacturer
- DEPUY SYNTHES (USA)
- Product Code
- HRS
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- PA, US
- Reporter Occupation
- NURSE
Narratives
THIS DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT AND NOT DIAGNOSIS. AUTHORS: MORALES DAVILA J., DOMINGO TREPAT A., RIOS MARTIN M., CARRENO DELGADO A., BALLESTEROS BETANCOURT J., GARCIA ELVIRA R., GARCIA TARRINO R., CAMACHO P., ZUMBADO A., PRAT FABREGAT S. SOURCE: MINERVA ORTOPEDICA E TRAUMATOLOGICA. 2013; 64(3):333-340. THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN SYNTHES PLATE. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. (B)(4). IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.
AUTHORS: MORALES DAVILA J., DOMINGO TREPAT A., RIOS MARTIN M., CARRENO DELGADO A., BALLESTEROS BETANCOURT J., GARCIA ELVIRA R., GARCIA TARRINO R., CAMACHO P., ZUMBADO A., PRAT FABREGAT S. SOURCE: MINERVA ORTOPEDICA E TRAUMATOLOGICA. 2013; 64(3):333-340. DISTAL CLAVICLE FRACTURES ACCOUNT FOR 15% OF ALL CLAVICLE FRACTURES. NEER TYPE II LATERAL END FRACTURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NON-UNION RATES OF 30%. FURTHER, FIXATIONS BY WAY OF HOOK PLATES SEEM TO HAVE PROVED SUCCESSFUL. WE REPORT OUR EXPERIENCE USING THE HOOK PLATE IN THE TREATMENT OF DISTAL CLAVICLE FRACTURES. METHODS: TWENTY FOUR PATIENTS WITH DISTAL CLAVICLE FRACTURES WERE OPERATED ON AND HAD AN AO HOOK PLATE (SYNTHES) IMPLANTED. 20 MEN AND 4 WOMEN WERE RETROSPECTIVELY REVIEWED. THE AVERAGE AGE AT TIME OF SURGERY WAS 35 (RANGE 18-74). ALL THE PATIENTS PRESENTED WITH A NEER TYPE II DISTAL FRACTURE. THE AVERAGE FOLLOW-UP WAS 20 MONTHS (RANGE 10-26), AND THE PATIENTS WERE RADIOLOGICALLY AND CLINICALLY EVALUATED DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. THE CONSTANT-MURLEY SCORE WAS USED TO MEASURE SHOULDER MOVEMENT, STRENGTH AND PAIN. THE PATIENT'S ABILITY TO CARRY OUT HIS OR HER DAILY-LIFE ACTIVITIES WAS MEASURED WITH BOTH THE CONSTANT-MURLEY SCORE AND THE OXFORD TEST. RESULTS: TWENTY FOUR PATIENTS ACHIEVED CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGIC UNION AND ONE PATIENT SUFFERED FROM FAILURE OF FIXATION. ALL THE PLATES WERE REMOVED. (B)(4). PART 1 OF 1.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165047 | PLATE, FIXATION, BONE | HRS | DEPUY SYNTHES (USA) |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |