FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 3923085 · Received July 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-03169
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 9, 2014
Report Date
July 6, 2015
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)(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

ON (B)(6) 2009, THE PATIENT WAS OPERATED AT THE L2 AND L5 LEVELS, UNDERGOING A SPINAL FUSION AND DISECTOMY, USING INSTRUMENTATION AND INSERTING A LUMBAR CAGE. REPORTEDLY, RHBMP-2/ACS WAS USED IN THE SURGERY. AFTER HER SURGERY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED LOW PAIN THAT WAS MUCH WORSE THAN THE PAIN SHE HAD EXPERIENCED PRIOR TO SURGERY. THE PATIENT IS ON TOO MUCH PAIN MEDICATION TO FUNCTION PROPERLY AT WORK.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2009, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR APPROACH SPINE SURGERY AND DISCECTOMY-- MULTIPLE LEVEL, T SPINE WITH PEEK CAGE AT L2¿5. DURING THIS SURGERY RHBMP-2/ACS WAS USED. SOMETIME POSTOP, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN. THE PATIENT CONTINUED TREATING WITH THE SURGEON AND HAD PHYSICAL THERAPY. THE PATIENT CONTINUED TREATING WITH THE SURGEON (B)(6) 2011.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
400642 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 Other| R