FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

KYPHX HV-R BONE CEMENT

MDR report key: 1344664 · Received March 11, 2009

Report

Report Number
2953769-2009-00019
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 11, 2009
Report Date
February 12, 2009
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC
Product Code
NDN
PMA / PMN Number
K033801
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REPORT SOURCE: "1150 KYPHOPLASTIES OVER 7 YEARS: INDICATIONS, TECHNIQUES, AND INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS" BY NICHOLAS MCARTHUR, MD CHRISTIAN KASPERK, MD; MARTIN BAIER, MD; MICHAEL TANNER, MD; BERND GRITZBACH, MD; OLIVER SCHOIERER, MD; WOLFRAM ROTHFISCHER, MD; GERHARD KROHMER, MD; JOCHEN HILMEIER, MD; HANS-JURGEN KOCK, MD; PETER JURGEN MEEDER, MD; FRANZ-XAVER HUBER, MD TAKEN FROM ORTHO SUPERSITE, ORTHOPEDICS 2009;32:90. METHOD - OTHER, DEVICE NOT RETURNED, INTERNAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN A LITERATURE REVIEW, IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER A KYPHOPLASTY PROCEDURE, A CT SCAN REVEALED A CASE OF CEMENT LEAKAGE WHICH FILLED 50% OF THE SPINAL CANAL OF THE PATIENT LEADING TO MOTOR DEFICITS OF BOTH LEGS. THE PATIENT HAD MULTIPLE MYELOMA AND A SIGNIFICANT POSTERIOR WALL INSTABILITY. THE NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT DIMINISHED, FOLLOWING SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE CEMENT, RESULTING IN NO LONG-TERM NEUROLOGICAL DEFICITS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 KYPHX HV-R BONE CEMENT HIGH VISCOSITY, RADIOPAQUE BONE CEMENT NDN MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other| R