FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LATITUDE TOTAL ELBOW SYSTEM

MDR report key: 5015330 · Received August 19, 2015

Report

Report Number
3004983210-2015-00024
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 19, 2015
Report Date
November 20, 2015
Manufacturer
TORNIER, INC.
Product Code
JDB
PMA / PMN Number
K100562
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS IS THE INITIAL REPORT SUBMITTED REGARDING THIS SURGICAL EVENT AND MEDICAL DEVICE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT SUBMITTED REGARDING THIS SURGICAL EVENT AND MEDICAL DEVICE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BETWEEN 2006 AND 2008 A TOTAL OF 19 MEN AND 50 WOMEN UNDERWENT TEA (TOTAL ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY) SURGERY. 3 (4%) OF THE PATIENTS EXPERIENCED A POST-OPERATIVE INFECTION. ALL THREE DEEP INFECTIONS WERE MANAGED BY EXTENSIVE LAVAGE AND ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY. ARTICLE CITATION: BONE JOINT J 2015; 97-B:681-8. ACCORDING TO DR. DE VOS THE RESULTS OF THIS ARTICLE ARE ONLY BASED ON THE LATITUDE SYSTEM AND NOT LATITUDE EV. DR. DE VOS STATED THAT ALL CASES WERE ASYMPTOMATIC AND NO CASES WERE REVISED BECAUSE OF THE RH. ONLY ONE RH CASE WAS REVISED, BUT ONLY TO LINK THE PROSTHESIS, THERE WAS NO RELATION TO THE RH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
548655 LATITUDE TOTAL ELBOW SYSTEM ELBOW PROSTHESIS JDB TORNIER, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention