FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ZIMMER CIRCONIA CERAMIC FEMORAL HEAD

MDR report key: 625439 · Received August 8, 2005

Report

Report Number
1822565-2005-00162
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 8, 2005
Date of Event
July 4, 2005
Report Date
July 14, 2005
Manufacturer
ZIMMER, INC.
Product Code
LZO
Removal / Correction Number
1822565-08/16/2001-02R
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OH, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED IN 3/1999. IN 2005, PT WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM WITH HIP PAIN AND X-RAY REVEALED CERAMIC HEAD HAD FRACTURED. DEVICE WAS REVISED THE FOLLOWING DAY. SURGEON STATED THAT THE PT WAS NONCOMPLAINT, VERY ACTIVE, AND HAD BEEN PLAYING TACKLE FOOTBALL IN THE PREVIOUS WEEKS WHERE THEY WERE TACKLED AND ALSO TACKLED OTHERS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ZIMMER CIRCONIA CERAMIC FEMORAL HEAD HIP PROSTHESIS LZO ZIMMER, INC. NA 56910100

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Hospitalization| R