FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

KYPHX HV-R BONE CEMENT

MDR report key: 1915303 · Received November 2, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953769-2010-00572
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 2, 2010
Date of Event
January 1, 2010
Report Date
October 22, 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
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REPORT SOURCE: ABSTRACT TITLED "PERCUTANEOUS KYPHOPLASTY FOR PALLIATION OF THORACOLUMBAR SPINE FRACTURES DUE TO MALIGNANCY - PROCEDURE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RESULTS OUT OF 5 YRS", BY MAX MARKMILLER. METHOD: DEVICE NOT RETURNED; F/U PERFORMED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN AN ABSTRACT TITLED "PERCUTANEOUS KYPHOPLASTY FOR PALLIATION OF THORACOLUMBAR SPINE FRACTURES DUE TO MALIGNANCY - PROCEDURE INDICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RESULTS OUT OF 5 YRS", THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED: FROM (B)(6) 2004 TO (B)(6) 2009 OUT OF 1117 KYPHOPLASTIES, 115 PTS WITH METASTATIC LESIONS WERE TREATED. THE CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL 6 - MONTHS F/U CONFIRMED GOOD RESULTS; HOWEVER, 24 PTS HAD DIED IN BETWEEN. COMPLICATIONS REFER TO EXTRAVASATIONS OF THE CEMENT: TWO PTS SHOWED TEMPORARY RADICULOPATHY. THREE PTS WITH INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PARAVASATION STAYED ASYMPTOMATIC. THREE PTS SHOWED EPIDURAL PARAVASATION WITHOUT NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT, BUT NO ONCOLOGIC PT REQUIRED SURGICAL REVISION. NOTE: THE ABSTRACT DOES NOT SPECIFY IF PT DEATHS ARE RELATED TO THE KYPHOPLASTY PROCEDURES OR PROGRESSION OF DISEASE. IT IS UNK IF HV-R BONE CEMENT WAS USED. NO FURTHER INFO WAS PROVIDED.

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