FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 1212567 · Received October 24, 2008

Report

Report Number
1030489-2008-00596
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 24, 2008
Report Date
September 24, 2008
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC.
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR FILMS OF APPLICABLE IMAGING STUDIES WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TLIF WITH BILATERAL FACETECTOMY USING RHBMP-2/ACS. IMMEDIATELY POST-OP, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A LOW GRADE FEVER (TMAX 103). WORK UP WAS NEGATIVE. WOUND, WBC AND CULTURES WERE ALL WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. SED RATE IS ELEVATED 86. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION ON IMAGING, ALTHOUGH A SMALL FLUID COLLECTION WAS VISIBLE. THE SURGEON DOES NOT BELIEVE THE FLUID COLLECTION IS THE SOURCE OF THE FEVER, AND IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT. THE PATIENT HAS BEEN PLACED ON ANTIBIOTICS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INFUSE BONE GRAFT INFUSE BONE GRAFT NEK MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization