FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AMISTEM H, HA COATED STEM SIZE 1 STD

MDR report key: 6921468 · Received October 6, 2017

Report

Report Number
3005180920-2017-00555
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 6, 2017
Date of Event
September 7, 2017
Report Date
October 6, 2017
Manufacturer
MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA
Product Code
LZO
UDI-DI
07630030819926
PMA / PMN Number
K090988
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ON (B)(6) 2017 THE MEDICAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR PERFORMED A CLINICAL EVALUATION AND COMMENTED AS FOLLOWS: 1,5 YEARS AFTER PRIMARY CEMENTLESS THA THE STEM WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE AND THEREFORE REVISED. THE REASON OF THE LOOSENING CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED WITH CERTAINTY. THE FEMORAL CANAL IS EXTREMELY NARROW AND THEREFORE STEM IMPLANTATION WAS TECHNICALLY DEMANDING AT RISK; IN FACT, THE STEM APPEARS TO BE PROXIMALLY UNDERSIZED AND SLIGHTLY VARUS, BUT THIS IS PROBABLY DUE TO THE VERY LIMITED DIAPHYSEAL DIMENSION. NO REASON TO ASCRIBE THIS FAILURE TO A FAULTY DEVICE. BATCH REVIEW PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2017. LOT 140745: (B)(4) ITEMS MANUFACTURED AND RELEASED ON 23 APRIL 2014. EXPIRATION DATE: 2020-02-29. NO ANOMALIES FOUND RELATED TO THE PROBLEM. TO DATE, (B)(4) ITEMS OF THE SAME LOT HAVE BEEN ALREADY SOLD WITHOUT ANY SIMILAR REPORTED EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT CAME IN COMPLAINING OF INSTABILITY. THE SURGEON DETERMINED THE STEM WAS LOOSE. THE CAUSE OF THE LOOSENING IS UNKNOWN. NO TRAUMA REPORTED. THE SURGEON REVISED THE STEM, HEAD AND LINER. THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
702272 AMISTEM H, HA COATED STEM SIZE 1 STD CEMENTLESS FEMORAL STEM LZO MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA 140745 07630030819926

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention