FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2821583 · Received November 6, 2012

Report

Report Number
1030489-2012-02005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 6, 2012
Date of Event
October 9, 2012
Report Date
October 9, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
KWP
PMA / PMN Number
K052187
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. FILMS WERE SUPPLED FOR REVIEW WHICH FOUND MULTIPLE PLAIN X-RAYS OF POST-OP SCOLIOSIS FUSION AT T4-L4. SUBSEQUENT FILMS SHOW DISENGAGEMENT OF ROD AND LOWER 4 SCREWS DUE TO SET SCREW BACK OUT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR SPINAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE AT T2-L4 FOR SCOLIOSIS CORRECTION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT SOMETIME POST-OP THE SETSCREWS BACKED OUT OF THE UNIAXIAL SCREWS AT L1, L2, L3, AND L4. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS PSEUDOARTHROSIS AT L2-3 AND L3-4. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY IN WHICH THE HARDWARE WAS REMOVED AND AN ONLAY FUSION OF AUTOGRAFT AND ALLOGRAFT WAS PERFORMED. NO ADDITIONAL PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL KWP MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00018 YR Required Intervention RODS, SCREWS