FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

KYPHX? HV-R? BONE CEMENT

MDR report key: 1897480 · Received November 12, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953769-2010-00578
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 12, 2010
Date of Event
August 31, 2010
Report Date
November 4, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC
Product Code
NDN
PMA / PMN Number
K041584
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REPORT SOURCE: ARTICLE TITLED "OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES WITH AN INTRAVERTEBRAL CLEFT TREATED BY PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY", BY G. WANG, H. YANG, K. CHEN. METHOD: DEVICE NOT RETURNED; FOLLOWED UP WITH AUTHOR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED IN AN ARTICLE TITLED "OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURES WITH AN INTRAVERTEBRAL CLEFT TREATED BY PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY" THAT: A TOTAL OF 27 PATIENTS (17 WOMEN AND 10 MEN) UNDERWENT BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY BETWEEN (B)(6) 2003 AND (B)(6) 2006. ALL PATIENTS TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL. NO MAJOR PERI-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE RECORDED. ASYMPTOMATIC LEAKAGE OF CEMENT INTO THE PARAVERTEBRAL VEIN OCCURRED IN ONE PATIENT AND LEAKAGE INTO THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IN ANOTHER PATIENT. PER FOLLOWUP WITH THE AUTHOR: THE CEMENT WAS INJECTED INTO THE VERTEBRAE BEFORE REACHING A DOUGHY STATE. IT IS NOT BELIEVED THAT THE LEAKAGE WAS DUE TO THE CEMENT. IT MAY BE RELATED TO THE VERTEBRAL FRACTURE TYPE AND THE OPERATION TECHNIQUES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REPORTED. NOTE: HV-R BONE CEMENT IS NOT CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN CHINA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 KYPHX? HV-R? BONE CEMENT BONE CEMENT NDN MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC ASKU

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00070 YR