FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BONE CEMENT

MDR report key: 1920317 · Received December 10, 2010

Report

Report Number
2953769-2010-00597
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 10, 2010
Date of Event
July 30, 2006
Report Date
December 2, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC
Product Code
NDN
PMA / PMN Number
K041584
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REPORT SOURCE: ARTICLE TITLED "REVISION SURGERY AFTER VERTEBROPLASTY OR KYPHOPLASTY", BY KEE-YONG HA, MD, KI-WON KIM, MD, YOUNG-HOON KIM, MD, IN-SOO OH, MD, SANG-WON PARK, MD METHOD: DEVICE NOT RETURNED; FOLLOWED UP WITH AUTHOR.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN AN ARTICLE TITLED "REVISION SURGERY AFTER VERTEBROPLASTY OR KYPHOPLASTY", THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED: SIX PATIENTS UNDERWENT KYPHOPLASTY BETWEEN (B)(6) 2001 AND (B)(6) 2006. THE AVERAGE TIME TO REVISION WAS 15 MONTHS (RANGE, 3 TO 70 MONTHS). CASE 1: (B)(6)/F, TREATED FOR OCF AT LEVEL L2. ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR FUSION PERFORMED 24 MONTHS POST-OP DUE TO INFECTION. CASE 2: (B)(6)/M, TREATED FOR OCF AT LEVEL D12. LAMINECTOMY PERFORMED 15 MONTHS POST-OP DUE TO PROGRESSIVE KYPHOSIS. CASE 3: (B)(6)/M. TREATED FOR OCF AT L1. ANTERIOR FUSION PERFORMED 3 MONTHS POST-OP DUE TO INFECTION, WHICH WAS MISDIAGNOSED PREOPERATIVELY. CASE 4: (B)(6)/F, TREATED FOR OCF AT L1, 2. ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR FUSION PERFORMED 6 MONTHS POST-OP DUE TO INFECTION. CASE 5: (B)(6)/F, TREATED FOR OCF AT D12. ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR FUSION PERFORMED 3 MONTHS POST-OP DUE TO PROGRESSIVE KYPHOSIS. CASE 7: (B)(6)/F, TREATED FOR OCF AT L1, 3. ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR FUSION PERFORMED 18 MONTHS POST-OP DUE TO INFECTION, WHICH WAS MISDIAGNOSED PREOPERATIVELY. DEATH DUE TO SEPSIS AND METASTATIC CANCER WAS NOTED. CASE 11: (B)(6)/F, TREATED FOR OCF AT D11, 12. ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR FUSION PERFORMED 8 MONTHS POST-OP DUE TO PROGRESSIVE KYPHOSIS. THIS PATIENT HAD UNDERGONE PKP FOR AN UNSTABLE BURST FRACTURE AT ANOTHER INSTITUTE. INITIALLY, THE PATIENT HAD REFUSED A MAJOR OPERATION FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS REPORTED. NOTE: MEDTRONIC PRODUCT IS NOT CURRENTLY DISTRIBUTED IN (B)(4). IT IS ALSO NOTED THAT THE CASES TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 2001 AND 2006; HOWEVER, HV-R BONE CEMENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL 2004.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BONE CEMENT CEMENT, BONE, VERTEBROPLASTY NDN MEDTRONIC SPINE LLC

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00067 YR Required Intervention