FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SCREWDRIVER

MDR report key: 5549957 · Received April 6, 2016

Report

Report Number
2520274-2016-11973
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 6, 2016
Report Date
March 11, 2016
Manufacturer
SYNTHES USA
Product Code
HXX
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. THIS IS REPORT #1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4). IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS DEVICE IS BEING USED FOR TREATMENT AND NOT DIAGNOSIS. DATE RECEIVED BY MANUFACTURE DATE OF MEDWATCH FOLLOW UP 2; SHOULD HAVE BEEN 4/15/2016. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PICHON ET AL.(2007). DRP 2.4 VOLAR PLATING OF DISTAL RADIUS FOR DORSALLY DISPLACED WRIST FRACTURE. ABOUT 22 CASES. HAND SURGERY. HAND SURGERY 26 (2007) 127¿135. THIS REPORT IS FOR UNKNOWN SYNTHES STARDRIVE IMPRINT SCREWDRIVER, UNKNOWN QUANTITY, UNKNOWN LOT. UDI: UNKNOWN PART NUMBER, UDI IS UNAVAILABLE. THE 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS DEVICE IS BEING USED FOR TREATMENT AND NOT DIAGNOSIS. 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, PICHON ET AL.(2007). DRP 2.4 VOLAR PLATING OF DISTAL RADIUS FOR DORSALLY DISPLACED WRIST FRACTURE. ABOUT 22 CASES. HAND SURGERY (2007). FRANCE. RECENT LITERATURE HAS SHOWN THAT THE ANTERIOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS SCREW HEADS LOCKED BY PLATE WAS A RELIABLE CONCEPT IN FRACTURES OF THE DISTAL RADIUS TO POSTERIOR DISPLACEMENT. AFTER BEGINNING OUR EXPERIENCE WITH LCP PLATE 3.5, THE APPLICATION WAS LIMITED TO ONLY EXTRA-ARTICULAR FRACTURES, HERE WE REPORT OUR PRELIMINARY RESULTS WITH THE DRP 2.4. PLATE. BETWEEN JANUARY AND OCTOBER 2004, 22 PATIENTS (16 WOMEN, SIX MEN), UNDERWENT A BONE COMPRESSION DRP 2.4 LOCKING PLATE. SEVENTEEN PATIENTS WERE REVIEWED WITH A MEAN FOLLOW-UP TIME OF 11 MONTHS. ALL FRACTURES HAD CONSOLIDATED, WITH ONLY ONE SECONDARY REDUCTION LOSS. CLINICALLY, THERE WERE SIX EXCELLENT RESULTS, SEVEN GOOD, FOUR AVERAGE AND NO BAD. COMPLICATIONS: WE COUNT FOUR POSTTRAUMATIC REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY, AND NO NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION OR TENDONITIS. SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPLICATIONS, TWO PATIENTS PRESENTED PAIN IN THE EXTERNAL STYLOIDIENNE SCREW IN THE GUTTER OF THE PULSE, WHICH JUSTIFIED THE REMOVAL OF OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL, AND WE HAD TWO INTRAOPERATIVE BREAKAGE OF THE STARDRIVE IMPRINT SCREWDRIVER. RM: TWO INTRAOPERATIVE BREAKAGE OF THE STARDRIVE IMPRINT SCREWDRIVER. THIS IS REPORT #1 OF 3 FOR (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS FOR SYNTHES STARDRIVE IMPRINT SCREWDRIVER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
206810 SCREWDRIVER HXX SYNTHES USA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention