FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT DEVICE (RHBMP-2)

MDR report key: 3060221 · Received April 10, 2013

Report

Report Number
MW5029753
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 10, 2013
Date of Event
June 1, 2005
Report Date
March 13, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC INC.
Product Code
NEK
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2005: LEFT LATERAL FUSION OF L1, L2 AND L3 USING INFUSE. SEVERE PAIN WITHIN TWO WEEKS FOLLOWING SURGERY. WAS HOSPITALIZED AND BY (B)(6) WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ERYTHEMA NODOSUM, AN EXTREME INFLAMMATORY REACTION. PLATELETS INCREASED "10 1, 000, 000". LEFT LEG HAS PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE. HEMATOLOGIST SAID IT COULD POSSIBILITY BE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO INFUSE DUE TO MY AUTOIMMUNE SPHEROCYTOSIS. PRIOR TO MY (B)(6) 2011 BACK SURGERY, THE SURGEON STATED I NEEDED ANOTHER SURGERY DUE TO INCREASED STENOSIS L4-L5 VALIDATED BY AN MRI. I TOLD HIM I FELT I HAD A REACTION TO INFUSE FROM MY (B)(6)2005 SURGERY. HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING AND SAID HE WOULD USE INFUSE. ONE MONTH FOLLOWING THE SURGERY I EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT PAIN AND LEG SPASMS. (B)(6).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
149272 INFUSE BONE GRAFT DEVICE (RHBMP-2) INFUSE NEK MEDTRONIC INC.
149273 INFUSE BONE GRAFT DEVICE (RHBMP-2) INFUSE NEK MEDTORNIC INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Hospitalization| O| R| S