FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ROD,FIXATION,INTRAMEDULLARY

MDR report key: 7385379 · Received March 30, 2018

Report

Report Number
8030965-2018-52618
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 30, 2018
Report Date
March 6, 2018
Manufacturer
OBERDORF SYNTHES PRODUKTIONS GMBH
Product Code
HSB
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF UNKNOWN PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAILS (PFN). PART#, LOT# AND UDI # IS NOT AVAILABLE. DATES OF IMPLANT AND EXPLANT ARE UNKNOWN. DEVICE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR MANUFACTURER REVIEW/INVESTIGATION. THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF UNKNOWN PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAILS (PFN). PMA/510(K) NUMBER IS NOT AVAILABLE. (B)(4). DEVICE EVALUATION/INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN AS PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER. ADDITIONALLY, DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED WITHOUT LOT NUMBER. DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE. [(B)(4)].

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE ARTICLE: F. MULLER ET AL. (2017). TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY AFTER FAILED OSTEOSYNTHESIS OF PROXIMAL FEMORAL FRACTURES: REVISION AND MORTALITY OF 80 PATIENTS, JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, 25(2), 230949901771786. GERMANY. THE STUDY OBJECTIVE WAS TO REPORT THE RESULTS WITH TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY (THA) AFTER FAILED OSTEOSYNTHESIS WITHIN A TREATMENT PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. THE STUDY INCLUDED 1314 CONSECUTIVE OSTEOSYNTHESIS PROCEDURES IN PATIENTS WITH PROXIMAL FEMORAL FRACTURES OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD. A TOTAL OF 705 PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAILS (PFN) WERE IMPLANTED. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED: SEVENTEEN PATIENTS (17) HAD OSTEOSYNTHESIS FAILURE, FOUR (4) OF WHICH UNDERWENT A REMOVAL OF THE PFN AND A RE-OSTEOSYNTHESIS TO A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH A COMPETITOR¿S DEVICE. ONE (B)(6) YEAR-OLD MALE HAD MEDIAL CUTOUT OF THE PFN BLADE ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNDERWENT A REMOVAL OF THE PFN AND A RE-OSTEOSYNTHESIS TO A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH A COMPETITOR¿S DEVICE. THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF UNKNOWN PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAILS (PFN). THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 3 FOR PC-(B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
229413 ROD,FIXATION,INTRAMEDULLARY HSB OBERDORF SYNTHES PRODUKTIONS GMBH

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention