InjuryMDL

VITEK GLENOID FOSSA IMPLANT

Received Feb 2, 1994 · Event occurred Feb 16, 1988

Report MW1000564 · MDR key 11193

Device

Manufacturer

Vitek, Inc.

Patient

36 YR

Inflammation
Local Reaction

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

THE PT UNDERWENT BILATERAL TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT ARTHROPLASTY ON 5/14/86 WITH THE PLACEMENT OF 9 MM PREFORMED GLENOID FOSSA IMPLANTS. AFTER A STORMY COURSE OF 1 1/2 YRS THESE IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED 2/16/88 AND DERMAL GRAFTS PLACED. SHE CONTINUED TO DO POORLY AND ON 5/18/89, BILATERAL COSTOCHONDRAL RIB GRAFTS WERE PLACED. THERE WAS RESIDUAL FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA AT THE SURGERY SITE 1989.