FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 3191297 · Received June 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
1030489-2013-02547
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 26, 2013
Report Date
October 10, 2016
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

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 ON (B)(6) 2007 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT: LAMINECTOMY OF L2-3. LAMINECTOMY OF L4. LAMINECTOMY OF L5. L5-S1 DISCECTOMY ON THE RIGHT SIDE. POSTERIOR LATERAL FUSION L4 THROUGH S1 WITH INSTRUMENTATION AND THE USE OF BMP-2. PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: SPINAL STENOSIS L2-3, L4-5 AND L5-S1. PER-OP NOTES: "THE CORTICAL ELEMENTS WERE DECORTICATED, THE RODS WERE PLACED, SET SCREWS WERE INSERTED AND THE SET SCREWS WERE THEN SHEARED. THE MORCELLIZED BONE GRAFT WAS THEN PACKED ACROSS THE TRANSVERSE PROCESSES OF L4, L5 AND THE SACRAL ALA."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN L4-S1 FUSION USING RHBMP-2/ACS. THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH INJURIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ECTOPIC BONE GROWTH, AN INFLAMMATORY REACTION TO RHBMP-2/ACS, CHRONIC PAIN, AND ADDITIONAL SURGERIES. THE PATIENT HAS REQUIRED EXTENSIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT HAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM HIS SURGERY INVOLVING RHBMP-2/ACS, AND HE CONTINUES TO HAVE DAILY SEVERE DISABLING PAIN THAT PREVENTS HIM FROM PERFORMING MANY BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
289828 INFUSE BONE GRAFT FILLER, RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN, COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD WITH MET NEK MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00078 YR Required Intervention