FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN EXTREMITY

MDR report key: 5685937 · Received May 27, 2016

Report

Report Number
3006946279-2016-00096
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 27, 2016
Report Date
April 28, 2016
Manufacturer
BIOMET FRANCE S.A.R.L.
Product Code
MJT
PMA / PMN Number
PNI
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SW
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CURRENT INFORMATION IS INSUFFICIENT TO PERMIT CONCLUSIONS AS TO THE CAUSE OF THE EVENTS. EVENT DETAILS AND PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION WERE NOT PROVIDED FOR THE PATIENTS MENTIONED IN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE. THIS IS NUMBER 2 OF 2 MDRS FILED FOR THE SAME EVENTS (REFERENCE 1825034-2016-01732 AND 3006946279-2016-00096).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, "ASSOCIATION OF LATERAL HUMERAL OFFSET WITH FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME AND GEOMETRIC RESTORATION IN STEMLESS TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY." THE AIMS OF THIS STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE ASSOCIATION OF POSTOPERATIVE LATERAL HUMERAL OFFSET (LHO) CHANGES WITH SHOULDER FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO INVESTIGATE THE ABILITY OF STEMLESS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY TO RESTORE LHO, HUMERAL HEAD HEIGHT (HH), CENTER OF ROTATION (COR), AND NECK-SHAFT ANGLE (NSA). THE HYPOTHESIS WAS THAT POSTOPERATIVE LHO CHANGES WOULD INFLUENCE SHOULDER FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE STEMLESS ANATOMIC TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY (TSA) WOULD RESTORE THE TESTED GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS TO ACCEPTABLE LIMITS. TWO PATIENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE ARTICLE WERE REPORTED TO HAVE EXPERIENCED POST-TRAUMATIC OSTEOARTHRITIS FOLLOWING IMPLANTATION OF THE DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
341444 UNKNOWN EXTREMITY PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER MJT BIOMET FRANCE S.A.R.L. N/A NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other