FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SWANSON

MDR report key: 8197587 · Received December 26, 2018

Report

Report Number
1043534-2018-00199
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 26, 2018
Report Date
December 4, 2018
Manufacturer
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
KWF
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LITERATURE CITATION: CHUNG ET AL. A MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS COMPARING SILICONE METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT. JHS. 2009; VOLUME 34: PAGE(S) 815-823. 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

ALLEGEDLY, IN A 2009 LITERATURE ARTICLE, BY CHUNG ET AL. TITLED A MULTICENTER CLINICAL TRIAL IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS COMPARING SILICONE METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY WITH MEDICAL TREATMENT, THE AUTHORS MENTION 2 REVISIONS OF MCP ARTHROPLASTY WITH SWANSON FINGER IMPLANTS, ONE DUE TO RECURRENCE OF ULNAR DRIFT AND ANOTHER DUE TO DISLOCATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1035115 SWANSON PROSTHESIS, FINGER, POLYMER KWF WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention