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136536240 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Fracture (1260)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Fall (1848)
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| Date of Event |
01/28/2025
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that this patient had a primary hip done in the past and had already been revised once.The dates of those surgeries were unknown.The reason they were being operated on (b)(6) 2025, was because the ceramic femoral head had broken into pieces after they had fallen skiing.Dr.Removed all the ceramic pieces and removed the pinnacle 10° liner.Surgeon replaced that with a new 54 mm x 36 mm 10° liner and a new metal 36+9 femoral head.Doi: unknown.Dor: (b)(6) 2025.Affected side: left hip.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Depuy orthopaedics is submitting this report pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which depuy orthopaedics has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by fda, depuy orthopaedics or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, depuy orthopaedics, or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report.If the information is unknown, not available or does not apply, the section/field of the form is left blank.Additional narrative: d4: udi: as the lot number for the device involved in the event was not provided, the full udi is currently not available.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Product complaint # (b)(4).Investigation summary: no device associated with this report was received for examination.An evaluation of the manufacturing record could not be performed as the required product/lot number was not provided to complete the evaluation.As part of our company quality system process, all devices are manufactured, inspected, and distributed to approved specifications.Additional complaint information monitoring for potential safety signals will be conducted through complaint trending as part of the post-market surveillance.If additional information is made available, the investigation will be updated as applicable.Device history lot: the device lot number is unknown; therefore, a device history review could not be performed.If the lot/serial number becomes available, the record will be re-assessed.Added: b5.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information was received: was there a surgical delay? if yes, what is the duration of the delay? - there was no delay.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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