FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BIOMET

MDR report key: 506055 · Received January 9, 2004

Report

Report Number
506055
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 9, 2004
Date of Event
November 10, 2003
Report Date
January 9, 2004
Manufacturer
BIOMET
Product Code
KWY
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT TREATED WITH SURGERY IN 2003 FOR RIGHT HIP FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE WITH A HEMIARTHROPLASTY USING A BIPOLAR PROSTHESIS. PT TRANSFERRED TO REHAB ON POST-OP DAY 3. THE FOLLOWING MONTH, PT SAT DOWN HARD ON TOILET SEAT, RIGHT HIP FOUND LATER TO BE DISLOCATED. PT UNDERWENT A CLOSED REDUCTION UNDER GENERAL ANESTHESIA THE DAY BEFORE. SIX DAYS LATER THE HIP DISLOCATED AGAIN, X-RAY SHOWED DISASSOCIATION OF THE RIGHT HIP BIPOLAR COMPLEX. A REVISION OF THE RIGHT HIP BIPOLAR WAS DONE ON THAT DATE, WITH THE PROSTHESIS COMPONENTS ALL REPLACED. THE HIP DISLOCATEED AGAIN 9 DAYS LATER, IT WAS RELOCATED, THE FOLLOWING DAY CLOSED REDUCTION WAS DONE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BIOMET RINGLOC BI-POLAR FEMORAL CUP KWY BIOMET 11-165228 917840

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR Required Intervention