Description of Event or Problem · 1
WE DID A SERIES OF CERVICAL SURGERY CASES 2 YEARS AGO WITH A RESORBABLE PLATE AND SCREWS CALLED "INION". WE ARE NOW SEEING A THIRD CASE OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE LONG TERM AND UNUSUAL REACTIONS TO THIS RESORBABLE PRODUCT. (THREE PTS SO FAR). WE DID A SMALL SERIES OF CASES USING RESORBABLE PLATES AND SCREWS ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. ABOUT 8 MONTHS AFTER THIS, WE SAW A PT BACK WHO APPEARED TO HAVE SOME RESORBTION OF BONE RELATED TO THE PLATE SCREWS. WE REPORTED THIS TO THE MANUFACTURER AND KEPT A WATCHFUL EYE ON THIS. WE TRACKED THIS ONLINE AND WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND FOUND NO SIMILAR CASES. THIS PT DID NOT REQUIRE RE-OPERATION, BUT IS ONLY NOW STARTING TO FUSE MORE SOLIDLY. DATE OF USE: 2005 - 2006. NOTE: ALL RELATED SCANS, REPORTS AND MD NOTES ARE IN THE RESPECTIVE PT CHARTS.