FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DUREPAIR

MDR report key: 17240158 · Received June 29, 2023

Report

Report Number
MW5119035
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 29, 2023
Date of Event
November 4, 2022
Report Date
June 27, 2023
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
GXQ
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

RIGHT L2, L3, L4 LAMINOTOMIES PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022 . ON (B)(6) 2022, PATIENT EXPERIENCED A SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE AND INFECTION. OUTPATIENT CULTURES REVEALED MSSA(METICILLIN-SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS). ON (B)(6) 2022 PATIENT RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR WOUND DEBRIDEMENT, DURAPLASTY AND CLOSURE OF WOUND DEHISCENCE. PATIENT STARTED ON IV(INTRAVENOUS) CEFTRIAXONE FOR 6 WEEKS FROM (B)(6) 2022. MEDTRONIC DUREPAIR CATALOG NUMBER 62111, LOT 2110019 IMPLANTED. SUBMITTING THIS REPORT DUE TO RECEIPT ON JUNE 20, 2023 OF THE MEDTRONIC DUREPAIR RECALL. THIS MEDTRONIC RECALL NOTICE STATES THAT THE CATALOG NUMBER IMPLANTED IN THIS PATIENT HAD ENDOTOXIN LEVELS THAT WERE OUT OF SPECIFICATION. IT ALSO STATES TO MONITOR FOR SYMPTOMS OF INFLAMMATION SUCH AS FEVER, FLUID COLLECTION, CSF(CEREBRAL SPINAL FLUID) DRAINAGE, AND MENINGISMUS. AS THE PATIENT HAD WOUND DEHISCENCE, AN INFECTION AND A PROTRACTED HEALING PERIOD WITH UNCERTAINTY AS TO IF THE OUT OF SPECIFICATION ENDOTOXIN LEVELS FROM THE RECALLED MEDTRONIC DUREPAIR DEVICE WERE A CONTRIBUTORY FACTOR, WE ARE SUBMITTING THIS REPORT OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1207767 DUREPAIR DURA SUBSTITUTE GXQ MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY 2110019

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 88 YR Female Hospitalization| O| R