FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 50ODX44ID

MDR report key: 5386481 · Received January 22, 2016

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2016-00257
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 22, 2016
Date of Event
August 22, 2013
Report Date
January 11, 2016
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
PK042037
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT A CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT. REVIEW OF DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS SHOW THAT LOT RELEASED WITH NO RECORDED ANOMALY OR DEVIATION. THERE ARE WARNINGS IN THE PACKAGE INSERT THAT STATE THAT THIS TYPE OF EVENT CAN OCCUR: UNDER POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS, NUMBER 1 STATES, "MATERIAL SENSITIVITY REACTIONS." NUMBER 4 STATES, "LOOSENING OR MIGRATION OF THE IMPLANTS MAY OCCUR DUE TO LOSS OF FIXATION, TRAUMA, MALALIGNMENT, BONE RESORPTION, EXCESSIVE ACTIVITY." NUMBER 14 STATES, ¿INTRAOPERATIVE OR POSTOPERATIVE BONE FRACTURE AND/OR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN.¿ NUMBER 15 STATES, "ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH METAL ON METAL ARTICULATING SURFACES." THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. THIS REPORT IS NUMBER 5 OF 5 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENT (REFERENCE 1825034-2015-05142-1 / 2015-05143-1 / 2015-05144-1 / 2016-00256 / 2016-00257).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT'S LEGAL COUNSEL THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL RIGHT HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2006. SUBSEQUENTLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO ALLEGATIONS OF PAIN AND ELEVATED COBALT ION LEVELS. PATIENT WAS REVISED AGAIN ON (B)(6) 2013 DUE TO INFECTION. DURING THE PROCEDURE, ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND SPACERS WERE IMPLANTED. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE SPACERS WERE REMOVED AND PATIENT UNDERWENT RE-IMPLANTATION. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON ALLEGATIONS SET FORTH IN PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT AND THE ALLEGATIONS CONTAINED THEREIN ARE UNVERIFIED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED REPORTED THAT DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013, LOOSENING OF THE CUP, DISCOLORED JOINT FLUID, HYPERTROPHIC SYNOVIAL TISSUE, AND DEFICIENCY IN THE ANTERIOR WALL WERE NOTED. PATIENT UNDERWENT AN IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT PROCEDURE BETWEEN (B)(6) 2013 AND (B)(6) 2013. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FURTHER REPORTED THAT DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2013, PURULENT FLUID AND DENUDED FATTY TISSUE SUGGESTIVE OF LONG TERM AND INFECTED HEMATOMA WERE NOTED. A TROCHANTERIC OSTEOTOMY WAS PERFORMED TO REMOVE THE WELL FIXED STEM AND A PIECE OF MEDIAL CALCAR FRACTURED DURING THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
43315 M2A-MAGNUM PF CUP 50ODX44ID PROSTHESIS, HIP KWA BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 355370

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR Hospitalization| R