BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    INFUSE BONE GRAFT

    MDR report key: 1830989 · Received September 7, 2010

    Report

    Report Number
    1030489-2010-01159
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    September 7, 2010
    Date of Event
    March 14, 2005
    Report Date
    August 16, 2010
    Manufacturer
    MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC.
    Product Code
    NEK
    PMA / PMN Number
    P000058
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    KY, US
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). LITERATURE CITATION: SHIELDS ET AL. ADVERSE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH-DOSE RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN-2 USE IN ANTERIOR CERVICAL SPINE FUSION. SPINE. 2006; 31: NUMBER 5, PP 542-547. DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. WITHOUT ADDITIONAL DEVICE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS IS NOT POSSIBLE. WE ARE THEREFORE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT COMPLICATIONS WERE OBSERVED IN PATIENTS WHO HAD UNDERGONE ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION (ACDF) AUGMENTED WITH HIGH-DOSE RHBMP-2. THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED USING A MODIFIED SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. DECOMPRESSION AND DECORTICATION WERE CARRIED OUT AND THE CAGE WAS FILLED WITH RHBMP-2. ADDITIONAL RHBMP-2 WAS ALSO PLACED LATERAL AND ANTERIOR TO THE GRAFT WITHIN THE DISC SPACE - UP TO 2.1 MG/LEVEL WAS USED. AN ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATE WAS THEN PLACED. INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOGRAPH CONFIRMED PROPER ALIGNMENT AND FIXATION OF THE BONE GRAFT AND PLATE. A PATIENT WHO HAD UNDERGONE A SINGLE-LEVEL ACDF EXPERIENCED SUPERFICIAL STITCH ABSCESS. NO DETAILS OR OUTCOME WERE MENTIONED.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 INFUSE BONE GRAFT INFUSE BONE GRAFT NEK MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC. NA UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNK Required Intervention