FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

OSIGRAFT (EPTOTERMIN ALFA)

MDR report key: 2170155 · Received June 28, 2011

Report

Report Number
1224732-2011-00002
Event Type
Other
Date Received
June 28, 2011
Report Date
June 16, 2011
Manufacturer
OLYMPUS BIOTECH
Product Code
MQV
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2011, OLYMPUS PVG LEARNED OF AN ADVERSE EVENT IN THE LITERATURE: DEREGIBUS ET AL, 'NONUNION OF A SACRAL FRACTURE REFRACTORY TO BONE GRAFTING: INTERNAL FIXATION AND OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN-1 (BMP-7) APPLICATION', PUBLISHED IN MUSCULOSKELET SURG, 26-MAY-2011, DOI 10.1007/S12306-011-0131-X. IN THE ARTICLE, THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE A (B)(6), MALE, PT, (DEMOGRAPHICS UNK) WHO UNDERWENT THREE UNSUCCESSFUL PROCEDURES TO REPAIR HIS PELVIS, WHICH HAD BEEN FRACTURED IN A WORK ACCIDENT. THE THREE PROCEDURES, ALL OF WHICH WERE PERFORMED WITHIN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE PT'S ACCIDENT, INVOLVED EITHER BONE GRAFTING AND/OR INTERNAL FIXATION. APPROX NINE MONTHS AFTER THE ACCIDENT, THE PT RECEIVED OSIGRAFT IN CONJUNCTION WITH TWO ILIO-SACRAL SCREWS AS PART OF A FOURTH PROCEDURE TO STABILIZE THE SACRAL FRACTURE. THREE MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING THE OSIGRAFT, THE PT'S PHYSICAL STATUS REPORTEDLY IMPROVED, AND HE WAS ABLE 'TO WALK WITH ONE STICK AND SIT WITH SLIGHT DISCOMFORT'. HOWEVER, THE PT STILL COMPLAINED OF INTERMITTENT SACROILIAC PAIN WHICH WAS CHARACTERIZED AS 'TOLERABLE'. ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE AUTHORS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OSIGRAFT (EPTOTERMIN ALFA) IMPLANT MQV OLYMPUS BIOTECH NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Other