FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 2841327 · Received November 21, 2012

Report

Report Number
1030489-2012-02419
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 21, 2012
Report Date
March 1, 2018
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A GOOD FAITH EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO OBTAIN THE APPLICABLE INFORMATION RELEVANT TO THE REPORT. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6). (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. PRODUCTS FROM MULTIPLE MANUFACTURERS WERE IMPLANTED DURING THE PROCEDURE. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN IF ANY OF THE DEVICES CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT, WE ARE FILING THIS MDR FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT SUSTAINED UNSPECIFIED INJURIES FOLLOWING THE USE OF RHBMP-2/ACS IN AN UNSPECIFIED SPINAL FUSION SURGERY. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REPORTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT HAS "PAIN, THE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER SURGERY, AS WELL AS PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS PRE-OPERATIVELY DIAGNOSED WITH C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 DISC HERNIATIONS WITH CORRESPONDING RADICULOPATHIES AND UNDERWENT THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES: ANTERIOR CERVICAL APPROACH FOR C4-5, 5-6, 6-7 ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMIES, OSTEOPHYTECTOMIES AND ARTHRODESIS C4-5, C5-6, 6-7 USING TRICORTICAL STRUCTURE GRAFT REQUIRING SHAPING AND SEGMENTAL SCREW INSTRUMENTATION. AS PER OP-NOTES,¿ THE DISC HERNIATION AND THICKENED LIGAMENT WERE BREACHED USING A CURETTE AND RESECTED USING 2- AND 3-MM PUNCHES INTO THE NEURAL FORAMEN WHICH WAS PALPATED AND IT WAS FOUND TO BE OPEN BILATERALLY. THE ENDPLATES WERE PREPARED FOR GRAFT ACCEPTANCE. A 5-MM GRAFT WAS THEN CUT FOR LORDOTIC CURVE, PACKED WITH BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEIN AND IMPACTED INTO POSITION AT C5-6. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE WELL WITHOUT ANY INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE FACILITY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INFUSE BONE GRAFT FILLER, RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN, COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD WITH MET NEK MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC M110715AAA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other| R