FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MYSTIQUE GRAFT CONTAINMENT PLATING SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2092593 · Received May 5, 2011

Report

Report Number
2530154-2011-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 5, 2011
Date of Event
December 25, 2009
Report Date
May 4, 2011
Manufacturer
KENSEY NASH CORP.
Product Code
KWQ
PMA / PMN Number
K041105
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

METHOD: DESIGN HISTORY RECORDS REVIEWED. ADD'L CLINICAL INFO REQUESTED. RESULTS OF THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION WILL BE REPORTED IN A F/U MDR REPORT FILING. ADD'L MODEL #6653113, ADD'L LOT #S 79097, 76675, ADD'L DEVICE MFR DATES: 11/2008 AND 2/2009.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PT HAD ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION (ACDF) SURGERY AT C3/C4 USING MYSTIQUE PLATING SYS, CONSISTING OF A 25MM PLATE AND 4 SCREWS, TO RELIEVE CHRONIC NECK AND ARM PAIN IN (B)(6) 2009. AT SOME POINT POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PT BEGAN TO DEVELOP SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH HIS PRE-SURGICAL CONDITION. APPROX 2 MONTHS POST-OPERATIVE, THE PT COUGHED UP A SURGICAL SCREW. APPROX 2 WEEKS LATER, A SECOND SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AND THE MYSTIQUE PLATING SYS, BONE GRAFT AND SCREWS WERE REMOVED. APPROX 4 DAYS LATER, THE PT EXPERIENCED PARALYSIS. MR IMAGING REVEALED ABSCESSES IN THE PT'S CERVICAL SPINE CANAL, CAUSING SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION. SURGERY WAS IMMEDIATELY PERFORMED TO DRAIN THE ABSCESSES AND THE INFECTION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CURED. HOWEVER, THE PARALYSIS APPEARS PERMANENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MYSTIQUE GRAFT CONTAINMENT PLATING SYSTEM KWQ - APPLICANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL KWQ KENSEY NASH CORP. 6651125 79507

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Disability