FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ORTHOLOC(TM)

MDR report key: 7735283 · Received July 31, 2018

Report

Report Number
1043534-2018-00073
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 31, 2018
Report Date
July 3, 2018
Manufacturer
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
HRS
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LITERATURE CITATION: EITAN MELAMED ET AL. COMPLEX PROXIMAL ULNA FRACTURES: OUTCOMES OF SURGICAL TREATMENT. EUR J ORTHOP SURG TRAUMATOL. 2015; 25: 851-858. NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION, THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TOTAL OF 38 PATIENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, OF THE 38 PATIENTS, 31 PATIENTS WERE TREATED WITH EITHER DEPUY-SYNTHES OR EVOLVE EPS PROXIMAL ULNA SPECIFIC PLATES (NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH EITHER DEVICE WAS NOT SPECIFIED). OF THE 38 PATIENTS, ELEVEN PATIENTS HAD COMPLICATIONS (ARTICLE DID NOT SPECIFY IF THE PATIENTS WITH COMPLICATIONS WERE TREATED WITH EVOLVE EPS). THE COMPLICATIONS INCLUDED: HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION IN 10 PATIENTS, WITH 4 REQUIRING SURGICAL EXCISION BECAUSE OF RESTRICTED MOTION. ADDITIONAL SURGERY WAS PERFORMED IN 10 PATIENTS (26%) AND INCLUDED HARDWARE REMOVAL IN 9 CASES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
575988 ORTHOLOC(TM) PLATE, FIXATION, BONE HRS WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. UNK NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention