FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 3884590 · Received June 19, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-02814
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 19, 2014
Date of Event
May 2, 2014
Report Date
May 21, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ARTICLE CITATION: VEERAVAGU ET AL. THE USE OF BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN IN THORACOLUMBAR SPINE PROCEDURES: ANALYSIS OF THE MARKETSCAN LONGITUDINAL DATABASE. THE SPINE JOURNAL (2014). DOI: 10.1016/J.SPINEE.2014.05.010. MEAN AGE 53.5 YRS. SEX: 10049 FEMALES, 7406 MALES. IMPLANT DATE: 2006-2010. (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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MATCHED COHORT OF 52,259 PATIENTS UNDERGOING THORACOLUMBAR FUSION SURGERY FROM 2006 TO 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE MARKETSCAN DATABASE. PATIENTS WITHOUT BMP TREATMENT (N=34,840) WERE MATCHED 2-TO-1 TO PATIENTS RECEIVING BMP (N=17,455). ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED PTS UNDERWENT ANTERIOR PROCEDURES, 11912 UNDERWENT POSTERIOR DECOMPRESSION, AND 16237 HAD POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTATION; 2762 PATIENTS HAD COMPLICATIONS WITHIN 30 DAYS OF SURGERY. RATES OF HEMATOMA, PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS, PE, NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS, NEW MALIGNANCY, 30-DAY READMISSION RATE, MORTALITY AT IN DEX PROCEDURE, MORTALITY AT 30 ¿DAY FOLLOW UP, RETROGRADE EJACULATION, INFERTILITY, AND ANTIDEPRESSANT PRESCRIPTION WERE NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE BMP TREATMENT AND THE CONTROL GROUPS. THERE WERE STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES OF INFECTION, WOUND DEHISCENCE, AND WOUND COMPLICATIONS IN THE CONTROL GROUP. THREE HUNDRED EIGHT PATIENTS DEVELOPED NEW DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
361442 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 00054 YR Required Intervention