FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

VUEPOINT OCT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3855551 · Received May 21, 2014

Report

Report Number
2031966-2014-00032
Event Type
Other
Date Received
May 21, 2014
Date of Event
April 17, 2014
Report Date
May 21, 2014
Manufacturer
NUVASIVE, INC.
Product Code
KWP
PMA / PMN Number
K093319
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DE, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4) . CT SCAN OF THE EVENT WERE RECEIVED, BUT WERE INCONCLUSIVE. PT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY TO REPLACE LATERAL MASS SCREWS AND EXTEND CONSTRUCT TO C4. PT IS REPORTEDLY DOING WELL POST REVISION SURGERY. NO SCREWS HAVE BEEN RETURNED. THEY WERE DISCARDED BY THE HOSP AND NO FURTHER EVAL OF THE PRODUCT CAN BE COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THIS REPORTED EVENT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED, NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN, BUT THE PT'S RADIATION TREATMENT FOR METASTATIC LIVER CANCER MAY HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POOR BONE QUALITY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INITIAL POSTERIOR CERVICAL FIXATION SURGERY WAS ON (B)(6) 2013 IN WHICH 6 LATERAL MASS SCREWS AND 4 PEDICLE SCREWS WERE PLACED BILATERALLY C5 TO T4. ON (B)(6) 2014, IT WAS REPORTED THAT 4 LATERAL MASS SCREWS DISASSOCIATED FROM THE BONE. PT'S ACTIVITY LEVEL IS UNK. PT COMPLIANCE WITH POST SURGICAL INSTRUCTIONS IS UNK. PT NOTED TO HAVE FALLEN PRIOR TO EVENT DISCOVERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
303929 VUEPOINT OCT SYSTEM SPINAL INTERLAMINAL FIXATION ORTHOSIS KWP NUVASIVE, INC. 8975312 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention