FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 4140785 · Received October 3, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-03814
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 3, 2014
Report Date
July 25, 2016
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

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

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON: (B)(6) 2010: THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH L4-L5, L5-S1 DISKOGENIC PAIN WITH RIGHT L5 RADICULOPATHY. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES: LAMINECTOMY L4-L5, L5-S1. OSTECTOMIES L4-L5, L5-S1. CAGE PLACEMENT L4-L5, L5-S1. ARTHRODESIS OF THE ENDPLATES. POSTEROLATERAL ARTHRODESIS. SEGMENTAL FIXATION L4 TO S1 WITH PEDICLE SCREWS. DRAIN PLACEMENT. FORAMINOTOMIES FOR THE L4, L5 AND S1 NERVE ROOTS. AS PER OP-NOTES, "DISKECTOMY AT L4-L5 AND L5-S1 WAS DONE WITH ALLOGRAFT PLACEMENT, BMP, THE CAGES WERE THEN PLACED AT L4-L5 AND L5-S1." ON (B)(6) 2010: THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH ANEMIA, PERINEAL BLEEDING, POSSIBLE GI BLEEDING. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY. POST-OP DIAGNOSIS: POOR PREP WITH NO RECTAL BLEEDING. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. ON (B)(6) 2010: THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A POSTERIOR LUMBAR FUSION AT L4-5, L5-S1 USING RHBMP-2/ACS. FOLLOWING THE SURGERY, THE PATIENT SUFFERED SIGNIFICANT PAIN IN THE AREA OF THE FUSION SURGERY AND EXTREMITIES. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ADDITIONAL IMAGING THAT SHOWED THAT THE PATIENT HAD DEVELOPED BONEY OVERGROWTH. THE PATIENT HAS RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL TREATMENT TO CARE FOR THE INJURIES CAUSED BY THE ORIGINAL FUSION SURGERY. THE PATIENT HAS NEVER RECOVERED FROM HIS SURGERY, AND HE HAS DAILY, DISABLING PAIN THAT PREVENTS HIM FROM PERFORMING MANY BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
619508 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