FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ARTHROSCOPE

MDR report key: 3806233 · Received May 12, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-02498
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 12, 2014
Report Date
April 17, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
HRX
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LITERATURE CITATION : M. AOKI, ET AL. "CLINICAL RESULTS OF BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY FOR OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL FRACTURES ¿ POSTOPERATIVE CORRECTION LOSS OF WEDGE RATIO". 1404-02: 1-4-F3-6. A2. MEAN AGE WAS 78.2 YEARS (RANGE: 61 TO 91). A3. 14 MEN, 40 WOMEN. (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. 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 IN A STUDY ABSTRACT THAT TOTAL OF 54 PATIENTS (14 MALE AND 40 FEMALE; 57 VERTEBRAE) UNDERWENT BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY PROCEDURES (BKP) OVER A 28 MONTH PERIOD. MEAN AGE WAS 78.2 YEARS (RANGE: 61 TO 91), MEAN FOLLOW-UP PERIOD WAS 6.1 MONTHS, AND OPERATIVE TIME WAS 31.3 MINUTES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT "COLLAPSE OF THE BKP-TREATED VERTEBRAL BODY, WHICH WAS THOUGHT TO HAVE CAUSED THE LOSS OF CORRECTION, WAS OBSERVED IN 44 PATIENTS (77.2%) ". NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS REPORTED IN THE ABSTRACT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
284657 ARTHROSCOPE HRX MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00078 YR Other