FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

KYPHX HV-R BONE CEMENT

MDR report key: 1856720 · Received September 14, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953769-2010-00392
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
September 14, 2010
Date of Event
April 20, 2010
Report Date
August 31, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC
Product Code
NDN
PMA / PMN Number
K041584
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REPORT SOURCE: ARTICLE TITLED "A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KYPHOPLASTY USING THE JACK VERTEBRAL DILATOR AND BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES", BY G. W. SHEN, N. Q. WU, N. P. ZHANG, Z. S. JIN, J. XU, G. Y. YIN. METHOD: DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED; FOLLOWED UP WITH COMPANY REP.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN AN ARTICLE TITLED "A PROSPECTIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF KYPHOPLASTY USING THE JACK VERTEBRAL DILATOR AND BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY FOR THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES", THE FOLLOWING EVENTS WERE NOTED: TWO ASYMPTOMATIC SMALL LEAKS OF BONE CEMENT IN ONE VERTEBRAL BODY IN THE DILATOR KYPHOPLASTY GROUP; AND FOUR VERTEBRAL BODY CEMENT LEAKAGES, BUT WITHOUT CLINICAL SYMPTOMS IN THE BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY GROUP. NOTE: POLYMETHYLMETHACRYLATE (PMMA) WAS USED, HOWEVER, IT IS UNK IF IT WAS HV-R BONE CEMENT. NOTE: MEDTRONIC SPINE, LLC DOES NOT CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTE PRODUCT IN (B)(4). NO ADDITIONAL INFO WAS REPORTED.

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