FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BIOLOX-DELTA MODULAR CERAMIC HEAD

MDR report key: 6818359 · Received August 24, 2017

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2017-06583
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 24, 2017
Date of Event
October 22, 2014
Report Date
June 27, 2019
Manufacturer
BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
LZO
PMA / PMN Number
PK061312
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; HOWEVER, AN INVESTIGATION OF THE REPORTED EVENT IS IN PROGRESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: RANAWAT/BURSTEIN ACETABULAR SHELL, P/N 11-106054, L/N 085590; BIOLOX-DELTA MODULAR CERAMIC HEAD, P/N 12-115120, L/N 103360; E1 RINGLOC MAX-ROM ACETABULAR LINER; TAPERLOC, P/N 51-145090, L/N 299662. MULTIPLE MDR REPORTS WERE FILED FOR THIS EVENT. PLEASE SEE REPORTS: 0001825034-2017-06582.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. REPORTED EVENT WAS CONFIRMED BY REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS. INITIAL OP NOTES DATED (B)(6) 2014 WERE REVIEWED AND NO COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED. REVISION OP NOTES DATED (B)(6) 2014 WERE REVIEWED AND IDENTIFIED PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO PAIN, SWELLING AND INFECTION. ALL THE COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND IMPLANTED WITH SPACERS. THE PATIENT WAS MARKED WITH ELEVATED LABS. EXTENDED TROCHANTERIC OSTEOTOMY PERFORMED DUE TO DIFFICULTY REMOVING THE FEMORAL STEM WITH FLEXIBLE OSTEOTOMES. DEPUY SPACES WERE IMPLANTED. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. ROOT CAUSE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS FOLLOW-UP REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO RELAY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: 51-145090, TPRLC XR MP T1 PPS 9X102.5MM, LOT 2996622; EP-105994, EPOLY 36MM RLC LNR MROM SZ24, LOT 250530. REPORTED EVENT WAS UNABLE TO BE CONFIRMED DUE TO LIMITED INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER. DHR WAS REVIEWED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND. REVIEW OF THE COMPLAINT HISTORY DETERMINED THAT NO FURTHER ACTION IS REQUIRED AS NO WERE TRENDS IDENTIFIED. ROOT CAUSE WAS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED AS THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO ADEQUATELY INVESTIGATE THE REPORTED EVENT WAS NOT PROVIDED. IF ANY FURTHER INFORMATION IS FOUND WHICH WOULD CHANGE OR ALTER ANY CONCLUSIONS OR INFORMATION, A SUPPLEMENTAL WILL BE FILED ACCORDINGLY. ZIMMER BIOMET WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR TRENDS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT RECEIVED A REVISION PROCEDURE ONE YEAR POST-IMPLANTATION DUE TO PAIN, COBALT AND CHROMIUM CORRODE, AND WEAR FROM THE SURFACES OF THE ACETABULAR CUP, FEMORAL HEAD, AND TAPER SLEEVE. POST-SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE ACETABULAR HEAD AND LINING WERE SURROUNDED BY FIBRO CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND BONE WITH NECROSIS, GRANULATION, ACUTE AND CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAVE BEEN MADE; HOWEVER, NO MORE IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT'S OPERATIVE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED WHICH REVEALED THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION PROCEDURE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION DUE TO PAIN, SWELLING, AND INFECTION. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A COMPETITOR ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT SPACER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
597628 BIOLOX-DELTA MODULAR CERAMIC HEAD PROSTHESIS, HIP LZO BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS N/A 103360

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R