FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 50/44 CODE J

MDR report key: 8178227 · Received December 19, 2018

Report

Report Number
0009613350-2018-01275
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 19, 2018
Date of Event
July 15, 2016
Report Date
December 19, 2018
Manufacturer
ZIMMER GMBH
Product Code
KWA
PMA / PMN Number
N/A
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: METASUL LDH, HEAD, 44, CODE J, TAPER 18/20, CATALOG NO#:0100181440, LOT#:2258155. CLS SPOTORNO, STEM, 135, UNCEMENTED, 7.0, TAPER 12/14, CATALOG NO#:290039070, LOT#:2260718. METASUL LDH, HEAD ADAPTER, M, 0, TAPER 12/14-18/20, CATALOG NO#:0100185146, LOT#:2263632. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: THERAPY DATE: (B)(6) 2016. THE MANUFACTURER DID NOT RECEIVE DEVICES OR X-RAYS FOR REVIEW. WHERE LOT NUMBERS WERE RECEIVED FOR THE DEVICES, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS WERE REVIEWED AND FOUND TO BE CONFORMING. BASED ON AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EVENTS REPORTED FROM SEVERAL USER FACILITIES OUTSIDE THE USA, ZIMMER IDENTIFIED THAT THE MOST PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE OUTCOME OBSERVED WAS A LOOSE OR UNSTABLE CUP THAT RESULTED FROM USE OF SURGICAL TECHNIQUES NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS. AS A CORRECTIVE ACTION, A RETRAINING PROGRAM FOR USERS OUTSIDE THE USA WAS INITIATED IN NOVEMBER 2009 AND REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL COMPETENT AUTHORITIES AS REQUIRED. THE DUROM CUP REPORTED IN THIS CASE IS NOT MARKETED IN THE USA. A SIMILAR CUP, COMPATIBLE WITH THE METASUL LDH FEMORAL HEAD, IS CLEARED IN THE USA AND A CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THIS PRODUCT WAS REPORTED TO THE FDA IN JULY 2008 AS NOTIFICATION (B)(4). SINCE THIS CASE IS RELATED TO THE ISSUES FOR WHICH ZIMMER IMPLEMENTED A CORRECTIVE ACTION THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION. ZIMMER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER OF THIS FILE IS (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED ON THE LEFT SIDE AND UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO METALLOSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1021186 DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT 50/44 CODE J DUROM ACETABULAR COMPONENT AND METASUL LDH KWA ZIMMER GMBH N/A 2252182

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R