FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN COONRAD-MORREY HUMERAL COMPONENT

MDR report key: 6313160 · Received February 8, 2017

Report

Report Number
0001822565-2017-00639
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 8, 2017
Report Date
February 6, 2017
Manufacturer
ZIMMER, INC.
Product Code
JDC
PMA / PMN Number
PN/A
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

MANSAT ET AL. "TOTAL ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY FOR ACUTE DISTAL HUMERAL FRACTURES IN PATIENTS OVER 65 YEARS OLD - RESULTS OF A MULTICENTER STUDY IN 87 PATIENTS." ORTHOPAEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY: SURGERY AND RESEARCH (2013) 99:779-784. NO DEVICE OR PHOTOS WERE RECEIVED; THEREFORE THE CONDITION OF THE DEVICE IS UNKNOWN. DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS CANNOT BE REVIEWED SINCE THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT. PRODUCT HISTORY SEARCH CANNOT BE COMPLETED SINCE THE LOT NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER THE COMPONENTS WERE IMPLANTED WITH THE CORRECT FIT AND ORIENTATION AS PER THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. A DEFINITE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH THE INFORMATION PROVIDED. THE ARTICLE WAS WRITTEN BY P. MANSAT, H. NOUAILLE DEGORCE, N. BONNEVIALLE, H. DEMEZON, T. FABRE AND SOFCOT INVOLVING THE HOSPITALS (B)(6).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING FILED TO CORRECT INFORMATION. ZIMMER BIOMET BECAME AWARE OF THE REPORTED EVENT ON JANUARY 16, 2017, RATHER THAN JANUARY 17, 2017 AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT IS REPORTED IN A JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT POST-OPERATIVE RADIOGRAPHS REVEALED TWENTY-ONE PATIENTS EXPERIENCED HUMERAL RADIOLUCENCY SIX TO ONE-HUNDRED-SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY, WITH TWO APPEARING TO BE PROGRESSIVE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
93729 UNKNOWN COONRAD-MORREY HUMERAL COMPONENT ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY JDC ZIMMER, INC. NA NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other