FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 3892522 · Received June 24, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-02870
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 24, 2014
Report Date
June 28, 2018
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
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(6). (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 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A FUSION PROCEDURE FROM L4 TO S1 USING RHBMP-2/ACS ON (B)(6) 2011. PATIENT'S POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD HAS BEEN MARKED BY INCREASINGLY SEVERE PAIN AND WEAKNESS IN HIS LOW BACK AND LOWER EXTREMITIES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A CT SCAN ON (B)(6) 2013, REVEALING NEUROCOMPRESSIVE LESIONS AT THE IMPLANT SITE. PATIENT'S CONDITION NECESSITATED REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2013. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE AND UNRELENTING PAIN IN HIS BACK AND LOWER EXTREMITIES. HE SUFFERS FROM INCONTINENCE, IS UNABLE TO SIT OR STAND FOR LONG PERIODS, AND HIS SLEEP IS DISTURBED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT IS PREVENTED FROM PRACTICING AND ENJOYING THE ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIFE HE ENJOYED PRE-OPERATIVELY, AND HE HAS OTHERWISE SUFFERED SERIOUS AND PERMANENT INJURIES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
367789 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 Required Intervention