FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CD HORIZON

MDR report key: 3276861 · Received August 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
1030489-2013-03457
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 9, 2013
Report Date
July 10, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
KWP
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, 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. DEVICES OF MULTIPLE PART/LOT NUMBERS WERE IMPLANTED DURING THE PROCEDURE INCLUDING: PART: 76446540, PART: 7540020, PART: 9690030, PART: 9193011, LOT: LV25, PART: 7510400, LOT: M115997AA. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN WHICH OF THESE DEVICES CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT, WE ARE FILING THIS MDR FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(6) 2006, PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION L5 TO S1 WITH TLIF AT L5-S1 TO TREAT DEGENERATIVE LUMBAR DISEASE AT L5-S1, BILATERAL RADICULOPATHY AND BILATERAL SACROLITIS. NO INTRA-OP PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. THE PATIENT PRESENTS TO THE ER 7 DAYS POST-OP WITH LOW BACK PAIN. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 YEARS POST-OP THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ¿REMOVAL OF HARDWARE, LUMBAR SPINE L5-S1 I.E., PEDICLE SCREWS AND RODS, EXPLORATION OF FUSION, L5-S1, AND DECOMPRESSION/HEMI LAMINECTOMY FAR LATERAL NERVE ROOT DECOMPRESSIONS OF L5 NERVE ROOT¿ TO TREAT LOWER BACK PAIN/LEFT LEG RADICULOPATHY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
378093 CD HORIZON APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL KWP MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention PEDICLE SCREWS, RODS, BMP2