BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    STEM: QUADRA-H CEMENTLESS, HA COATED STD STEM SIZE 3, SHORT NECK

    MDR report key: 8949451 · Received August 30, 2019

    Report

    Report Number
    3005180920-2019-00714
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    August 30, 2019
    Date of Event
    July 31, 2019
    Report Date
    November 6, 2019
    Manufacturer
    MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA
    Product Code
    JDI
    UDI-DI
    07630030802638
    PMA / PMN Number
    K082792
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    AS
    Reporter Occupation
    003

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

    ON 11TH OF OCTOBER 2019 WE HAVE RECEIVED THE ANALYSIS OF THE CERAMIC LINER AND BALL HEAD (ITEMS NOT REGISTERED IN USA). THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY THE EXTERNAL MANUFACTURER THE MICROSTRUCTURE AS OBTAINED FROM THE QUALITY DOCUMENTS OF BOTH COMPONENTS FULFILS THE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF PRODUCTION. THERE ARE NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PRE-EXISTING MATERIAL DEFECT. SECONDARY METAL TRANSFER PATTERNS CAN BE FOUND ON THE INSERT AND ON THE BALL HEAD AS A RESULT OF CONTACT WITH METAL PARTS OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. PRIMARY METAL TRANSFER CAN BE FOUND WITH VARYING INTENSITY ON THE TAPER OF THE INSERT. INTENSIVE METAL TRANSFER ON THE RIM OF THE INSERT INDICATES IMPINGEMENT BETWEEN THE METAL STEM AND THE CERAMIC INSERT. ON THE TRANSITION ZONE OF TH INSERT TINY BREAKOUTS CAN BE OBSERVED, WHICH INDICATE RECURRING CONTACTS WITH THE CERAMIC BALL HEAD DUE TO AND EDGE-LOADING SITUATION AND/ OR RECURRING SUBLUXATIONS. PRIMARY METAL TRANSFER PATTERNS CAN BE FOUND ON THE BORE SURFACE OF THE BALL HEAD. METAL TRANSFER ON THE DOME OF THE BALL HEAD POTENTIALLY INDICATES CONTACT WITH SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS. ON THE POLISHED SURFACE OF THE BALL HEAD A MULTITUDE OF SMALL BREAKOUTS CAN BE FOUND. THESE BREAKOUTS POTENTIALLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY RECURRING SUBLUXATIONS OF THE CERAMIC BALL HEAD OVER THE RIM OF THE INSERT AND FURTHER CONTACTS WITH THE TINY CERAMIC FRAGMENTS GENERATED BY THE SURFACE DETERIORATION WHEN GETTING INTO THE BEARING SPACE. IMPINGEMENT BETWEEN THE METAL STEM AND THE CERAMIC INSERT CAN LEAD TO THE REPORTED METALLOSIS. THE OCCURRENCE OF THE LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCY, AS MENTIONED BY THE CUSTOMER, WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE CERAMIC COMPONENTS.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    BATCH REVIEW PERFORMED ON 6 AUGUST 2019: LOT 121143: (B)(4) ITEMS MANUFACTURED AND RELEASED ON 19-JUN-2012. EXPIRATION DATE: 2017-05-31. NO ANOMALIES FOUND RELATED TO THE PROBLEM. TO DATE, (B)(4) ITEMS OF THE SAME LOT HAVE BEEN ALREADY SOLD WITHOUT ANY SIMILAR REPORTED EVENT. THE CUP REVISED IS NOT REGISTERED IN THE USA (EVENT FROM (B)(6)). CLINICAL EVALUATION PERFORMED BY MEDACTA MEDICAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR: 7 YEARS AFTER PRIMARY CEMENTLESS THA THE PATIENT COMPLAINS OF PAIN. A LUMBAR STABILIZATION HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN THE MEANTIME AND THIS HAS PROBABLY CHANGED PELVIC ANTEVERSION, RESULTING IN STEM/CUP IMPINGEMENT. THIS SHOULD BE REGARDED AS THE CAUSE FOR REVISION, AND THEREFORE NO DEFECT OF THE IMPLANTS WAS THE CAUSE FOR REOPERATION. A CLEAR MARK IS VISIBLE ON THE STEM NECK: THE SURGEON DECIDED TO LEAVE IT IN SITU, FOR CONSERVATIVE REASONS. THE PATIENT IS FEMALE AND LIGHTWEIGHT, AND RATHER YOUNG: SUCH STEM HAS BEEN DAMAGED IN ITS MECHANICAL RESISTANCE. WE CANNOT EXCLUDE THAT IN FUTURE A FRACTURE OF THE NECK MAY OCCUR. GIVEN THE PATIENT CONDITIONS (WEIGHT, AGE AND SPINAL TREATMENT) WE THINK THIS RISK IS PROBABLY VERY LOW AND THE SURGEON'S CHOICE TO SPARE A POTENTIALLY HEAVY STEM REMOVAL IS COMPLIANT WITH OUR MECHANICAL EVALUATION. VISUAL INSPECTION PERFORMED BY MEDACTA HIP R&D PROJECT MANAGER: THE ACETABULAR SHELL, THE CERAMIC LINER AND THE CERAMIC BALL HEAD WERE RECEIVED AND INSPECTED. THE SHELL HAD THE HA COATING TOTALLY ABSORBED, WITH AN EVIDENT SIGN OF WEAR ON THE RIM; IT SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO IMPINGEMENT RATHER THAN A SIGN OCCURRED DURING THE REVISION SURGERY. THE CERAMIC LINER HAD VISIBLE SIGNS ON THE TAPER AND ALSO A DARK LARGE SIGN ON THE INTERNAL RIM, CONFIRMING THE IMPINGEMENT IN THAT AREA. THE CERAMIC BALL HEAD HAD DARK SIGNS TOO AND A LARGE WORN AREA IN THE POLAR SURFACE. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE CERAMIC LINER AND BALL HEAD WILL PROVIDE A DEEPER ANALYSIS ON THESE COMPONENTS. ANYWAY, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT; A PROBABLE MOTIVATION IS RELATED TO THE POSITIONING OF THE SHELL DURING THE PRIMARY SURGERY.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THE PATIENT RETURNED, 7 YEARS AFTER PRIMARY SURGERY, WITH PAIN OVER THE HIP AND ALSO DISSATISFACTION WITH LEG LENGTH SLIGHT DISCREPANCY. THE SURGEON BELIEVED THE PAIN WAS DUE TO HAVING HAD A LUMBAR FUSION FOLLOWING THE PRIMARY HIP REPLACEMENT AND THIS HAD CAUSED ANTERIOR TILT ON THE PELVIS. ON REVISION IT WAS VISIBLE THAT THE FEMORAL NECK WAS IMPINGING ON THE CUP DURING FLEXION AND SOME METALLOSIS WAS PRESENT. THE SURGEON TOOK SWABS FOR INVESTIGATION OF INFECTION, THEN PROCEEDED TO EXPLANT THE SCREW, CUP, LINER, HEAD (ANTERIOR APPROACH), REAM DEEPER TO A 54 REAMER AGAIN, AND REPLACE WITH A SIZE 56 MPACT CUP WITH TWO SCREWS. THE REVISION HAS BEEN PERFORMED FOR MULTIPLE REASONS: METALLOSIS, IMPINGEMENT, LEG LENGTH DISCREPANCY. NO INFECTION DETECTED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    743494 STEM: QUADRA-H CEMENTLESS, HA COATED STD STEM SIZE 3, SHORT NECK UNCEMENTED HIP STEM JDI MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA 121143 07630030802638

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 60 YR Required Intervention