ACCOLADE (127 DEG) SIZE 4.5 ACCOLADE (127 DEG) SIZE 4.5
Report
- Report Number
- 0002249697-2018-01953
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 25, 2018
- Date of Event
- December 19, 2017
- Report Date
- August 23, 2018
- Manufacturer
- STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS-MAHWAH
- Product Code
- LPH
- UDI-DI
- 04546540510761
- PMA / PMN Number
- K121308
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- GB
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
AN EVENT REGARDING INTRAOP FRACTURE INVOLVING AN ACCOLADE STEM WAS REPORTED. THE EVENT WAS CONFIRMED BY MEDICAL REVIEW. METHOD & RESULTS: -PRODUCT EVALUATION AND RESULTS: NOT PERFORMED AS NO PRODUCTS WERE RETURNED. -CLINICIAN REVIEW: A REVIEW OF THE PROVIDED MEDICAL RECORDS AND/OR X-RAYS BY A CLINICAL CONSULTANT INDICATED: " THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PRIMARY PRESS-FIT THA ON OCTOBER 3, 2009. THIS HIP REPORTEDLY WENT ON TO FAILURE DUE TO WEAR BETWEEN THE FEMORAL HEAD AND THE TRUNNION AND REQUIRED REVISION. THE OPERATIVE FINDINGS REVISION SURGERY INCLUDED EXTENSIVE METALLOSIS FROM WORN TRUNNION. THE TRUNNION WAS FOUND TO BE GRINDING INTO THE BONE ANTEROSUPERIORLY ABOVE THE ACETABULUM. PROXIMAL 150MM DARK GREY FLUID WAS FOUND WITHIN THE JOINT. SIGNIFICANT MUSCLE NECROSIS OF THE OBTURATOR PIRIFORMIS AND GLUTEUS MINIMUS AND PARTIAL NECROSIS OF THE GLUTEUS MEDIUS WAS OBSERVED. THE COMPONENTS THEMSELVES WERE WELL FIXED HOWEVER NECROSIS OF THE BONE FROM THE SOCKET AND TROCHANTERIC PORTION OF THE FEMURE WAS IDENTIFIED. DURING THE REVISION PROCEDURE THOROUGH DEBRIDEMENT AND REMOVAL OF NECROTIC TISSUE WAS CARRIED OUT. THE ACCOLADE STEM WAS CAREFULLY REMOVED WITH FLEXIBLE OSTEOTOMES HOWEVER AN INADVERTENT FRACTURE TROCHANTER OCCURRED REQUIRING INTERNAL FIXATION WITH A DALL-MILES HOOK PLATE AND CABLES." -PRODUCT HISTORY REVIEW: REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT HISTORY RECORDS INDICATES DEVICES WERE MANUFACTURED AND ACCEPTED INTO FINAL STOCK WITH NO REPORTED DISCREPANCIES. -COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW: THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER EVENTS FOR THIS LOT. CONCLUSIONS: THE EVENT OF WEAR WAS CONFIRMED BASED ON THE PROVIDED MEDICAL REVIEW. REVIEW OF THE PROVIDED MEDICAL REVIEW REVEALED THAT "REVIEW OF THESE RECORDS CONFIRMS A PERIPROSTHETIC TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE OCCURRED DURING A REVISION THA SURGERY. BONY PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION DURING REVISION THA, HOWEVER, THE ROOT CAUSE CANNOT BE DETERMINED AS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE." FURTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS IMPLANT RETRIEVAL WITH MATERIAL ANALYSIS, OPERATIVE REPORTS, DATED PRE AND POST OP X-RAYS/ IMAGING FROM THE INDEX AND REVISION SURGERIES, OUTPATIENT OFFICE/CLINIC NOTES AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY REPORTS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE INVESTIGATION FOR DETERMINING ROOT CAUSE. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION FOR THIS EVENT IS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME AS INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED BY STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE TO INDICATE FURTHER EVALUATION IS WARRANTED, THIS RECORD WILL BE REOPENED.
THE CUSTOMER REPORTED IN HIS LETTER TO STRYKER UK THAT HE UNDERWENT AN EMERGENCY REVISION OF HIS ACCOLADE / LFIT V40 RIGHT HIP REPLACEMENT AT THE PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL, HAYWARDS HEATH ON THE 19TH DECEMBER 2017 FOLLOWING EXTREME PAIN. SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE PATIENT STATES THAT DURING THE REVISION, THE SURGEON, MR PS, FOUND EXTENSIVE METALLOSIS FROM A WORN TRUNNION THAT WAS GRINDING INTO THE BONE ANTEROSUPERIORLY TO THE SOCKET, A DARK GREY FLUID WITHIN THE JOINT, POCKETS OF PSEUDOTUMOUR, BONE NECROSIS AND SIGNIFICANT MUSCLE DAMAGE AROUND THE HIP. ENCLOSED NJR RECORDS SHOW THAT THE PRIMARY OPERATION WAS COMPLETED ON 3RD OCTOBER 2009 AT THE SUSSEX ORTHOPAEDIC NHS TREATMENT CENTRE BY MR T M, AND THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A RESTORATION MODULAR CONICAL DISTAL STEM, RESTORATION MODULAR CONE BODY, V40 DELATA CERAMIC HEAD AND A TRIDENT CONSTRAINED LINER. THE ENCLOSED OPERATION NOTES STATE THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED A GREATER TROCHANTER FRACTURE DURING THE REVISION.
A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS INDICATES THAT THE REPORTED DEVICES WERE MANUFACTURED AND ACCEPTED INTO FINAL STOCK WITH NO REPORTED DISCREPANCIES. THE COMPLAINT HISTORY REVIEW INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO SIMILAR EVENTS FOR THE REPORTED LOT. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED AND IF RECEIVED WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT. IMPLANTED.
THE CUSTOMER REPORTED IN HIS LETTER TO STRYKER (B)(4) THAT HE UNDERWENT AN EMERGENCY REVISION OF HIS ACCOLADE / LFIT V40 RIGHT HIP REPLACEMENT AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL, HAYWARDS HEATH ON THE (B)(6) 2017 FOLLOWING EXTREME PAIN. SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE PATIENT STATES THAT DURING THE REVISION, THE SURGEON, MR (B)(6), FOUND EXTENSIVE METALLOSIS FROM A WORN TRUNNION THAT WAS GRINDING INTO THE BONE ANTEROSUPERIORLY TO THE SOCKET, A DARK GREY FLUID WITHIN THE JOINT, POCKETS OF PSEUDOTUMOUR, BONE NECROSIS AND SIGNIFICANT MUSCLE DAMAGE AROUND THE HIP. ENCLOSED NJR RECORDS SHOW THAT THE PRIMARY OPERATION WAS COMPLETED ON (B)(6) 2009 AT (B)(6) CENTRE BY MR (B)(6), AND THAT THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A RESTORATION MODULAR CONICAL DISTAL STEM, RESTORATION MODULAR CONE BODY, V40 DELATA CERAMIC HEAD AND A TRIDENT CONSTRAINED LINER. THE ENCLOSED OPERATION NOTES STATE THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED A GREATER TROCHANTER FRACTURE DURING THE REVISION.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 477952 | ACCOLADE (127 DEG) SIZE 4.5 ACCOLADE (127 DEG) SIZE 4.5 | PROSTHESIS, HIP, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, METAL/POLYMER, POROUS UNCEMENTED | LPH | STRYKER ORTHOPAEDICS-MAHWAH | 27702904 | 04546540510761 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77 YR | Other| R |