AS COLUMBUS FEMORAL COMPONENT
Received Dec 26, 2011 · Event occurred Jul 3, 2010
Report MW5023612 · MDR key 2392858
Device
Product problems
- Insufficient Device Problem Information
Patient
56 YR
- Abscess
- Bacterial Infection
- Cellulitis
- Fever
- Pain
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
INITIAL RIGHT TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT ON (B)(6) 2010. DISCHARGE FROM HOSPITAL (B)(6) 2010. READMIT TO HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2011 WITH CELLULITIS, FEVER, PAIN. KNEE ASPIRATE CULTURE NEGATIVE ANTIBIOTICS GIVEN. CONTINUED PAIN IN JOINT FOR SEVERAL MORE MONTHS. IN EARLY (B)(6) 2010, ABSCESS DEVELOPED ON KNEE. ON (B)(6) 2010, AN INCISION AND DEBRIDEMENT WAS DONE AND CULTURES TAKEN GREW SERRATIA MARCESCENS. SIX WEEKS OF IV ANTIBIOTICS GIVEN FOLLOWED BY SIX MONTHS ORAL ANTIBIOTICS. NO INFECTION REOCCURRENCE AS OF (B)(6) 2011.