FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

KYPHX® HV-R¿ BONE CEMENT

MDR report key: 2850737 · Received November 29, 2012

Report

Report Number
1030489-2012-02474
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 29, 2012
Report Date
October 30, 2012
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NDN
PMA / PMN Number
K093828
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A TOTAL OF 19 PATIENTS (B)(6) UNDERWENT A BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY PROCEDURE (BKP) TO TREAT OSTEOPOROTIC COMPRESSION FRACTURES DUE TO PRIMARY OSTEOPOROSIS. ALL PATIENTS REPORTEDLY HAD PAIN THAT COULD NOT BE REDUCED BY 8 WEEKS OR MORE OF CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT. GENERAL ANESTHESIA WAS USED IN ALL CASES. OPERATING TIME AVERAGED 27 MINUTES (19 TO 39 MIN) AND NO INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE OBSERVED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CEMENT LEAKED FROM THE ENDPLATE INTO THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IN FIVE (5) PATIENTS. THE CEMENT WAS REPORTEDLY IN A DOUGHY AND HOMOGENOUS STATE PRIOR TO DELIVERY INTO EACH PATIENT AND THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU) WAS FOLLOWED DURING EACH PROCEDURE. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 KYPHX® HV-R¿ BONE CEMENT CEMENT, BONE, VERTEBROPLASTY NDN MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00076 YR BKP