FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 3192951 · Received June 27, 2013

Report

Report Number
1030489-2013-02580
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 27, 2013
Report Date
October 17, 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR/POSTEROLATERAL L4-L5 FUSION USING RHBMP-2/ACS WITH A PEEK CAGE, AS WELL AS MIXING THE RHBMP-2/ACS WITH AUTOGRAFT AND DEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH INJURIES INCLUDING ECTOPIC BONE GROWTH, AN INFLAMMATORY REACTION TO INFUSE, CHRONIC PAIN, AND ADDITIONAL SURGERIES. THE PATIENT HAS REPORTED CONTINUED DAILY SEVERE DISABLING PAIN THAT PREVENTS HIM FROMPERFORMING MANY BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2008 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT: POSTERIOR LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION, LEFT SIDE L4-5. POSTEROLATERAL ARTHRODESIS L4-5. POSTERIOR NON-SEGMENTAL INSTRUMENTATION L4-5. PLACEMENT OF INTERBODY CAGE AT L4-5. DECOMPRESSIVE LAMINECTOMY AT L4 WITH FACETECTOMIES AT L4-5 AND COMPLETE FORAMINOTOMIES , LEFT SIDE L4-5. LOCAL AUTOGRAFT HARVEST FROM SPINOUS PROCESSES AND LAMINAR FRAGMENTS. UTILIZATION OF INTRAOPERATIVE FLUOROSCOPY FOR DETERMINATION OF LEVELS AND PROPER PEDICLE SCREW PLACEMENT. PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS; L4-5 FORAMINAL STENOSIS. L4-5 DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE. IMPLANTS: PEDICLE SCREWS AND PEEK ROD INSTRUMENTATION. INTERBODY CAGE AT L4-5 MEASURING 14MM IN HEIGHT. RHBMP-2/ACS SET. FIVE ML OF DEMINERALIZED BONE MATRIX. PER-OP NOTES: "THE REMAINING LAMINA AND TRANSVERSE PROCESSES WERE DECORTICATED WITH A 1/2 INCH CURVED OSTEOTOME TO OBTAIN ADEQUATE POSTEROLATERAL ARTHRODESIS. THE POSTEROLATERAL GUTTER WAS PACKED WITH BMP SPONGES AND LOCAL BONE AUTOGRAFT... A BMP SPONGE WAS INSERTED INTO THE ANTERIOR DISC SPACE FOLLOWED BY INSERTION OF THE PEEK INTERBODY CAGE. THIS WAS PLACED UNDER DIRECT VISUALIZATION."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
293828 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 38 YR Required Intervention