FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERVERTEBRAL BODY

MDR report key: 3142514 · Received June 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
1030489-2013-02053
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 3, 2013
Report Date
May 6, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
KWQ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

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. 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 A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION (ACDF) AT C5-7, AND SOMETIME POST-OP, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF "PAIN IN HEAD" AND IS "TAKING PAIN MEDICATIONS AND MUSCLE RELAXERS". PER THE REPORT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY IN WHICH RODS WERE IMPLANTED IN THE NECK. NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE OBTAINED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
244528 APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERVERTEBRAL BODY KWQ MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention CAGE, ALLOGRAFT BONE IMPLANT