FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

KYPHX 11 GAUGE BONE ACCESS NEEDLE

MDR report key: 1344668 · Received March 11, 2009

Report

Report Number
2953769-2009-00023
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 11, 2009
Report Date
February 12, 2009
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC
Product Code
HRX
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. - OTHER, DEVICE NOT RETURNED, INTERNAL REVIEW OF LITERATURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN A LITERATURE REVIEW, IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING A KYPHOPLASTY PROCEDURE, A PATIENT COMPLAINED OF SEVERE POSTOPERATIVE PAIN TOGETHER WITH SEVERE SWELLING DUE TO A SUBCUTANEOUS HEMATOMA IN THE AREA OF THE SURGICAL INCISION. FOLLOWING SURGICAL EVACUATION OF THE HEMATOMA THE PATIENT REPORTED NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS. IT WAS REPORTED PER THE AUTHOR THAT THE POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE RESULTED FROM AN UNKNOWN REGULAR INTAKE OF ASPIRIN. IT IS NOT CERTAIN WHETHER A SCALPEL OR KYPHOPLASTY DEVICE CAUSED A HEMORRHAGE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 KYPHX 11 GAUGE BONE ACCESS NEEDLE ACCESS NEEDLE HRX MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Other| R