FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 3192790 · Received June 27, 2013

Report

Report Number
1030489-2013-02572
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 27, 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 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A FUSION AT L4-5 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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2007, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH FOLLOWING PRE-OP DIAGNOSES: DISC DISRUPTION AT L4-L5. DEGENERATIVE DISC AT L3- L4. LUMBAR DISC DISEASE AT L4- L5. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT FOLLOWING PROCEDURES: ANTERIOR DISKECTOMY AND ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION WITH CARBON FIBER CAGE, BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEIN, AND DEPUY STABILIZING STANDALONE PLATE; POSTERIOR MOTION RESTRICTING THE AGILE SYSTEM AT L3-L4 ABOVE THE L4- L5 FUSION; RETROPERITONEAL SPINAL EXPOSURE OF L4-L5 WITH MOBILIZATION OF AORTA, INFERIOR VENA CAVA, ILIAC ARTERY AND VEIN AND URETER; ANTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION WITH PARTIAL VERTEBRECTOMY, DISCECTOMY AND CAGE INSERTION; REPAIR OF LEFT COMMON ILIAC VEIN WITH VASCULAR CLIPS. PER OP-NOTES,".. THE CAGE WAS INSERTED. THE FIRST CAGE TWISTED AND WAS EXTRACTED AND THE BMP WAS PLACED IN THE SECOND CAGE AND REINSERTED MORE SATISFACTORILY..."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
291922 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 00055 YR Required Intervention