FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2180649 · Received July 27, 2011

Report

Report Number
1030489-2011-00948
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 27, 2011
Report Date
November 2, 2011
Manufacturer
WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS, INC.
Product Code
KWP
PMA / PMN Number
UNKNOWN
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNED DEVICE SHOWS THAT BOTH RODS PRESENT SEVERAL MARKS COMING FROM THE SETSCREWS AT THEIR POSTERIOR SIDE: SMALL MARKS CORRESPONDING TO THE PRELIMINARY TIGHTENING AND LARGER MARKS CORRESPONDING TO THE FINAL TIGHTENING. BOTH RODS PRESENT 2 CONTACTS WITH THE MAS CROWN AT ITS ANTERIOR SIDE. ALL SETSCREWS PRESENT WORN SURFACES AT THE FLAT BOTTOM WHICH ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE TIGHTENING OF THE RODS. NO PRE-EXISTING DEFECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE RETURNED IMPLANTS. THE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT THE RODS HAVE BEEN CONNECTED PROPERLY TO THE MAS. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR THIS DEVICE DID NOT REVEAL ANY NON-CONFORMANCES TO SPECIFICATION OR DEVIATIONS IN PROCEDURE WHICH MIGHT CONTRIBUTE TO THE REPORTED EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR FILMS OF APPLICABLE IMAGING STUDIES WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS FOR THIS DEVICE WAS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL DEVICE INFORMATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN L3-L4 SPINAL FUSION TO TREAT DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE AND CANCER. AN UNKNOWN TIME POST-OP, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL KWP WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS, INC. 8690040 W07G2058

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00066 YR Required Intervention