FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN ACTIVE ARTICULATION FEMORAL STEM

MDR report key: 7431806 · Received April 15, 2018

Report

Report Number
0001825034-2018-02761
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 15, 2018
Date of Event
September 24, 2017
Report Date
June 14, 2018
Manufacturer
ZIMMER BIOMET, INC.
Product Code
LPH
PMA / PMN Number
PN/A
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). (B)(6). REPORT SOURCE: LITERATURE: HWANG, JI-HYO, ET AL. ¿DISLOCATIONS AFTER USE OF DUAL-MOBILITY CUPS IN CEMENTLESS PRIMARY TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY: PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE SERIES.¿ INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPAEDICS, VOL. 42, NO. 4, JULY 2017, PP. 761¿767., DOI:10.1007/S00264-017-3660-6. THE INVESTIGATION IS IN PROCESS. ONCE THE INVESTIGATION HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. NOT RETURNED TO MANUFACTURER.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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 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 IN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE OCCURRED IN THREE HIPS FOLLOWING TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY. PATIENTS WERE TREATED BY OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
274472 UNKNOWN ACTIVE ARTICULATION FEMORAL STEM PROSTHESIS, HIP LPH ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. N/A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R