FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

BRYAN CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2137200 · Received June 22, 2011

Report

Report Number
1030489-2011-00774
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
June 22, 2011
Date of Event
February 8, 2010
Report Date
May 6, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
MJO
PMA / PMN Number
P060023
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LITERATURE CITATION: QUAN, G ET A. EIGHT-YEAR CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL FOLLOW-UP OF THE BRYAN CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY. SPINE 2011; 36 (8):PP 639-646. (B)(4). THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. RADIOGRAPHS PROVIDED IN THE LITERATURE ARTICLE SHOW C5/C6 CERVICAL ARTHROPLASTY, WHICH HAD MIGRATED POSTERIORLY BEFORE CONSOLIDATING. THE PROSTHESIS HAS RESTRICTED RANGE OF MOVEMENT BECAUSE OF GRADE 3 HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED IN PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF 21 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT A TOTAL OF 27 CERVICAL DISC ARTHROPLASTIES AFTER ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY USING AN ARTIFICIAL CERVICAL DISC FROM (B)(6) 2000 TO (B)(6) 2001. A SINGLE-LEVEL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED IN 15 PATIENTS AND A TWO-LEVEL PROCEDURE IN 6 PATIENTS. ALL SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED BY A SINGLE SURGEON USING IDENTICAL SURGICAL TECHNIQUES. ALL PATIENTS WERE REVIEWED ROUTINELY AT REGULAR INTERVALS POSTOPERATIVELY FOR 8 YEARS. NO PATIENT HAD PERSISTING RADICULOPATHY POSTOPERATIVELY OR ANY OTHER POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION REQUIRING PROLONGED HOSPITALIZATION OR REVISION SURGERY. THERE WAS ONE CASE OF POSTERIOR MIGRATION OF THE PROSTHESIS SOMETIME POST-OP, WHICH EVENTUALLY CONSOLIDATED. THE MIGRATION OF THE PROSTHESIS DID NOT CAUSE ANY CLINICAL SYMPTOMS AND THE PATIENT DID NOT REQUIRE ANY FURTHER SURGERY. THE PATIENT REMAINED COMPLETELY ASYMPTOMATIC.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BRYAN CERVICAL DISC SYSTEM PROSTHESIS, INTERVERTEBRAL DISC MJO MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00037 YR