FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN IMPLANT

MDR report key: 1639894 · Received March 23, 2010

Report

Report Number
1030489-2010-00354
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 23, 2010
Date of Event
January 19, 2010
Report Date
February 22, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC.
Product Code
MQP
PMA / PMN Number
UNK
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (4). LITERATURE ARTICLE CITATION: RAJ K SHAH ET AL. RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2-INDUCED HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION OF THE RETROPERITONEUM, PSOAS MUSCLE, PELVIS AND ABDOMINAL WALL FOLLOWING LUMBAR SPINAL FUSION. SKELETAL RADIOLOGY; DOI 10.1007/S00256-010-0890-8. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR THIS DEVICE WAS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL DEVICE INFO. NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR FILMS OF APPLICABLE IMAGING STUDIES WERE RETURNED TO THE MFR FOR EVAL. THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT UNDERWENT ANTERIOR LUMBAR DISCECTOMY OF L4-L5 AND L5-S1 WITH CORPECTOMY OF L5 USING A LEFT-SIDED PARAMEDIAN RETROPERITONEAL APPROACH. POSTERIOR SPINAL INSTRUMENTATION WAS PERFORMED BILATERALLY FROM L4-S1, A CAGE WAS PLACED, AND RHBMP-2/ACS WAS USED. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BLEEDING FROM THE TUMOR AND VERTEBRAL BODY AND EPIDURAL BLEEDING DURING THE CORPECTOMY AND DECOMPRESSION OF THE L5 NERVE ROOT. THERE WAS PERSISTENT OOZING OF BLOOD, EVENT AT THE END OF THE CASE. FIVE DAYS POST-OP, X-RAYS REVEALED THAT THE CAGE AT L4-L5 MAY HAVE MIGRATED. THE PT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY TO REPLACE AND REPOSITION THE CAGE. THE PT RECOVERED UNEVENTFULLY, WITH NO IMMEDIATE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS, AND WAS DISCHARGED HOME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNKNOWN IMPLANT CAGE MQP MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR Required Intervention INFUSE BONE GRAFT LARGE KIT| SEXTANT PEDICLE SCREW INSTRUMENTATION