FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HUMERAL STEM, 6MM

MDR report key: 718135 · Received May 24, 2006

Report

Report Number
1220246-2006-00064
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 24, 2006
Date of Event
November 19, 2005
Report Date
May 22, 2006
Manufacturer
ARTHREX, INC.
Product Code
KWJ
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED THE UNIVERS TOTAL SHOULDER IN 03 AS PART OF A REVISION OF HEMIARTHROPLASTY FROM 1987. RECOVERY FROM PROCEDURE WAS UNCOMPLICATED AND OVERALL EXCELENT. SURGEON REPORTS FATIGUE, OCCASIONAL SORENESS BUT TREMENDOUSLY BETTER THAN PREOP. IN 2005, PATIENT DEVELOPED PAIN IN SHOULDER, AS PATIENT REACHED FOR AN OVERHEAD ITEM AT WORK. FORWARD ELEVATION DEGREE REDUCED AFTER THE INCIDENT. RADIOGRAPHS DEMONSTRATE ROTATION OF HEAD TO AN INFERIOR OFFSET, DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS X-RAYS. A REVISION SURGERY WAS REQUIRED. THE STEM WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A COMPETITOR'S STEM. POST OPERATIVE COURSE HAS BEEN UNEVENTFUL. THIS DEVICE IS USED FOR TREATMENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HUMERAL STEM, 6MM HUMERAL STEM, (3D TOTAL SHOULDER SYSTEM) KWJ ARTHREX, INC. NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 *