FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 3920218 · Received July 8, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-03136
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 8, 2014
Report Date
June 18, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KY, 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 HAD SPINAL STENOSIS, DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE, AND SCOLIOSIS RESULTING FROM A TRAMPOLINE INJURY. (B)(6) 2005: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN L3-5 LAMINOPLASTY AND SPINAL FUSION WHERE RHBMP-2/ACS WAS IMPLANTED. POSTOPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, WHICH WAS WORSE THAN BEFORE THE SURGERY. DURING PHYSICAL THERAPY, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO LOSE FLEXIBILITY. THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN HIS LUMBAR SPINE AND HAS LOST FLEXIBILITY. THE PATIENT'S POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD WAS MARKED BY PAIN. IMAGING STUDIES SHOWED THAT THE PATIENT HAD DEVELOPED UNCONTROLLED BONE GROWTH AND RESULTING NERVE IMPINGEMENT AT THE SITE OF IMPLANT. THE PATIENT CONTINUES TO SUFFER FROM BONE OVERGROWTH CAUSING NERVE IMPINGEMENT, AND CHRONIC PAIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
398058 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 00016 YR Other