FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN HUMERAL HEAD

MDR report key: 7235373 · Received February 2, 2018

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2018-00435
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 2, 2018
Date of Event
July 27, 2017
Report Date
March 6, 2018
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
KWS
PMA / PMN Number
PN/A
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CMP-(B)(4). REPORT SOURCE, FOREIGN ¿ EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE (B)(6). REPORT SOURCE, LITERATURE - VERSTRAELEN, F.U. ET AL (2017). CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL RESULTS 7 YEARS AFTER COPELAND SHOULDER RESURFACING ARTHROPLASTY IN PATIENTS WITH PRIMARY GLENOHUMERAL OSTEOARTHRITIS: AN INDEPENDENT MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY & TRAUMATOLOGY, 28(1), 15-22. DOI: 10.1007/S00590-017-2023-8. REPORTED EVENT WAS UNABLE TO BE CONFIRMED DUE TO LIMITED INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE CUSTOMER. DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW WAS UNABLE TO BE PERFORMED AS THE LOT NUMBER OF THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT IS UNKNOWN. 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. PRODUCT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED IN A JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT GLENOID EROSION WAS APPARENT IN ELEVEN SHOULDERS BUT TO A MINIMAL EXTENT. AT THE FINAL FOLLOW-UP, AN INCREASE IN GLENOID EROSION WAS OBSERVED IN FIFTEEN SHOULDERS. FOUR OF THESE PATIENTS DID NOT HAVE ANY SIGNS OF GLENOID EROSION PRE-OPERATIVELY. ONE PATIENT SHOWED SEVERE GLENOID EROSION AFTER 7.5 YEAR. THIS PATIENT ALSO SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT SUPERIOR GLENOHUMERAL SUBLUXATION AND HAD AN IMPAIRED SHOULDER FUNCTION WITH A CMS OF 27.0 AND AN AGE- AND GENDER-ADJUSTED CMS OF 38.5 THE OTHER THREE PATIENTS HAD SIGNS OF MILD GLENOID EROSION AND DID NOT HAVE AN IMPAIRED FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED IN A JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT GLENOID EROSION WAS OBSERVED IN 13 OUT OF 15 SHOULDER PATIENTS. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNAVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
80482 UNKNOWN HUMERAL HEAD PROSTHESIS, SHOULDER KWS ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other