FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2003996 · Received March 1, 2011

Report

Report Number
1030489-2011-00218
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 1, 2011
Date of Event
November 29, 2010
Report Date
January 31, 2011
Manufacturer
WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWP
PMA / PMN Number
K040962
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR APPLICABLE IMAGING FILMS WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION, THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT. PRESENTED FOR SURGERY WITH JUNCTIONAL STENOSIS ABOVE PREVIOUS A L3 TO SACRUM FUSION WITH INSTRUMENTATION. PROCEDURE WAS FOR EXTENSION OF THE PREVIOUS FUSION TO T10, WITH POSTERIOR PEDICLE SCREW INSTRUMENTATION ATTACHED TO THE PREVIOUS INSTRUMENTATION, REMOVAL OF S1 PEDICLE SCREW ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND DECOMPRESSION WITH PARTIAL FACETECTOMIES BILATERALLY AT L1-L2 AND L2-L3. CROSSLINK, ALLOGRAFT AND DBM MATERIAL WAS PLACED FROM T10 DOWN. ONE MONTH POST-OP THE PT. PRESENTS WITH HAVING A 'CRACKING-BACK SENSATION.' X-RAY SHOWS THE RIGHT SIDED ROD BROKEN AT THE CONNECTOR RIGHT WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE LOWER PREVIOUS ROD. THE PT. THEN UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE TO REVISE THE BROKEN RIGHT SIDE ROD.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SPINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH POST-OP TO REPLACE A BROKEN ROD.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL KWP WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Required Intervention SCREWS