BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    COONRAD/MORREY ELBOW HUMERAL STEM

    MDR report key: 5081327 · Received September 16, 2015

    Report

    Report Number
    1822565-2015-01932
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    September 16, 2015
    Report Date
    August 20, 2015
    Manufacturer
    ZIMMER INC
    Product Code
    JDC
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    PL
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED VIA PUBLISHED LITERATURE. PLEASE REFERENCE LITERATURE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION:HTTP://PUBMEDCENTRALCANADA.CA/PMCC/ARTICLES/PMC3628944/ (B)(4). OTHER DEVICE USED: CATALOG #UNK, UNKNOWN ZIMMER COONRAD/MORREY ELBOW ULNAR STEM, LOT #UNK. OPERATIVE NOTES WERE REQUESTED HOWEVER NONE PROVIDED. RELEVANT MEDICAL HISTORY AND ADHERENCE TO REHABILITATION PROTOCOL ARE UNKNOWN. NO DEVICES OR PHOTOS WERE RECEIVED; THEREFORE THE CONDITION OF THE COMPONENTS IS UNKNOWN. THE PART AND LOT NUMBERS OF THE PRODUCT ARE UNKNOWN; THEREFORE THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. THESE PRODUCTS WERE USED FOR TREATMENT. THE COMPLAINT HISTORY FOR THESE PRODUCTS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED DUE TO THE LACK OF LOT NUMBERS. IT COULD NOT BE CONFIRMED IF THE DEVICES ARE AN APPROVED AND COMPATIBLE COMBINATION. A DEFINITIVE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT VERIFY OR IDENTIFY ANY EVIDENCE OF PRODUCT CONTRIBUTION TO THE REPORTED PROBLEM. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, THE NEED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT INDICATED. SHOULD ADDITIONAL SUBSTANTIVE INFORMATION BE RECEIVED, THE COMPLAINT WILL BE REOPENED. ZIMMER, INC. CONSIDERS THE INVESTIGATION CLOSED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT IS REPORTED THAT 2 PATIENTS EXPERIENCED INTRAOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURES. ONE FRACTURE OF THE MEDIAL CONDYLE OF THE DISTAL HUMERUS EPIPHYSIS AND ONE FRACTURE OF THE LATERAL CONDYLE. IN BOTH PATIENTS, THE CONDYLES WERE FIXATED WITH SCREWS INTRAOPERATIVELY. BONE UNION FOLLOWED AND THE OUTCOME WAS GOOD OR EXCELLENT.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    612498 COONRAD/MORREY ELBOW HUMERAL STEM ELBOW PROSTHESIS JDC ZIMMER INC

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention