FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PLATE, FIXATION, BONE

MDR report key: 4637497 · Received March 27, 2015

Report

Report Number
2520274-2015-12263
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
March 27, 2015
Report Date
February 27, 2015
Manufacturer
SYNTHES USA
Product Code
HRS
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT NOT DIAGNOSIS LONG TERM RESULTS OF RECONSTRUCTION PLATES IN LATERAL MANDIBULAR DEFECTS REVISION OF NINE CASES. ARIAS-GALLO ET AL. AURIS NASUS LARYNX 31 (2004) 57¿63. THIS IS FOR AN UNKNOWN PLATE, UNKNOWN LOT OR PART NUMBER. INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AND NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN AS NO DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND NO LOT NUMBER OR PART NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE SUBSEQUENT REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE ARTICLE LONG TERM RESULTS OF RECONSTRUCTION PLATES IN LATERAL MANDIBULAR DEFECTS REVISION OF NINE CASES. ARIAS-GALLO ET AL. / AURIS NASUS LARYNX 31 (2004) 57¿63. THIS ARTICLE ORIGIN IS SPAIN. THE CLINICAL RECORDS OF NINE PATIENTS, SEVEN MEN AND TWO WOMEN, AGED 56¿73 YEARS WERE REVIEWED. THE RECORDS OF NINE CANCER PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT LATERAL MANDIBULAR RESECTIONS (WITH PRESERVATION OF BOTH CONDYLE AND SYMPHYSIS) FOLLOWED BY RECONSTRUCTION WITH A MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION PLATE,WERE RETROSPECTIVELY REVIEWED. PATIENTS WERE TREATED BETWEEN 1991 AND 1995 WITH REGULAR SYNTHES AND LEIBINGER PLATES (WITHOUT LOCKING SCREWS). FOLLOW RANGED FROM 5 TO 11 YEARS POST IMPLANT. EIGHT PATIENTS HAD SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA AND ONE PATIENT HAD CLEAR CELL ODONTOGENIC CARCINOMA. ALL THE PATIENTS WERE TREATED WITH LOCAL AND REGIONAL SURGERY WITHOUT ABLATION OF EITHER THE CONDYLE OR THE SYMPHYSIS, A TYPE L RESECTION IN BOYD CLASSIFICATION [7], AND RECONSTRUCTED BY MEANS OF A MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION PLATE. (B)(6) HAD MUCOSAL PLATE EXPOSURE AND PROXIMAL SCREW LOOSENING AT 21 MONTHS POST IMPLANT. (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS FOR A UNKNOWN PLATE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
206070 PLATE, FIXATION, BONE HRS SYNTHES USA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR