FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CENTERPIECE PLATE FIXATION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 4136075 · Received October 2, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-03781
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 2, 2014
Date of Event
September 3, 2014
Report Date
September 4, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
NQW
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN IF ANY MEDTRONIC 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 PATIENT UNDERWENT A CERVICAL LAMINOPLASTY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE (OPERATIVE LEVELS UNKNOWN). POST-OPERATIVE PARALYSIS PERSISTED AND A REVISION SURGERY TO REMOVE THE PLATE WAS PERFORMED ALONG WITH NERVE ROOT DECOMPRESSION. AN ADDITIONAL REVISION SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED TO IMPLANT ANOTHER PLATE. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, "THE SURGEON CONSIDERED THAT PARALYSIS WAS UNRELATED" TO THE PLATE SYSTEM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
616394 CENTERPIECE PLATE FIXATION SYSTEM ORTHOSIS, SPINE, PLATE, LAMINOPLASTY, METAL NQW MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention