FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DEPUY SPINE

MDR report key: 1009407 · Received March 4, 2008

Report

Report Number
1009407
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 4, 2008
Date of Event
February 26, 2008
Report Date
February 28, 2008
Manufacturer
DEPUY
Product Code
KWQ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
AR, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: THIS IS A MALE WHO PRESENTED TO MY OFFICE WITH A HISTORY OF ONGOING PROGRESSIVE LOW BACK PAIN WITH RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY RADICULOPATHY. HE HAD FAILED FUSION AND FRACTURED HIS HARDWARE. ALL FINDINGS, NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, ALTERNATIVE THERAPY, SURGICAL AND NONSURGICAL OPTIONS, RISKS AND BENEFITS, LIMITATIONS, AND POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURGERY WERE ALL DISCUSSED WITH THE PT PREOPERATIVELY, AND HE REQUESTED TO PROCEED WITH THE SURGERY IN HOPES OF HELPING HIS CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DEPUY SPINE VIPER SYSTEM KWQ DEPUY SEE ATTACHED *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Hospitalization