FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VERTEX RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3564481 · Received January 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-00084
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 9, 2014
Report Date
December 11, 2013
Manufacturer
WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
KWP
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6). (B)(4). LOCATION : HOSPITAL. THIS PART IS NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES; HOWEVER, A LIKE DEVICE CATALOG # 7755278, 510K # K091365 WAS CLEARED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, HOWEVER, FILMS WERE SUPPLIED FOR REVIEW WHICH FOUND: COMPLEX CERVICAL CONSTRUCT IS SEEN EXTENDING FROM THE OCCIPUT TO T1. THERE IS POSTERIOR VERTEX INSTRUMENTATION AS WELL AS ACDF C3-C6. THE POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION IS SHOWING SEVERAL LOOSE SET SCREWS NEAR THE CROSSLINK AT THE OCCIPITAL CERVICAL JUNCTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION AT OC-T1. SOMETIME POST-OP, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PLATE WAS BROKEN WHERE CONNECTED WITH A ROD AND THE SET SCREW OF C2 WAS MIGRATED. THE PATIENT IS ASYMPTOMATIC SO A REVISION SURGERY HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED YET. BONE UNION HAS NOT OCCURRED YET.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
15388 VERTEX RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEM APPLIANCE, FIXATION, SPINAL INTERLAMINAL KWP WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS NA 0201439W

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00062 YR