FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 4153211 · Received October 8, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-03952
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 8, 2014
Report Date
June 2, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

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

PER MEDICAL RECORDS, IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2011: PATIENT PRESENTED WITH PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF L5-S1 ISTHMIC SPONDYLOSIS. PATIENT UNDERWENT L5-S1 TLIF USING RHBMP-2/ACS, SYNTHES CHRONOS(TM) BETA- TCP STRIP AND MUSCULOSKELETAL TRANSPLANT FOUNDATION T-PLIF SPACER. NO COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. ON (B)(6) 2012, PATIENT UNDERWENT CT EXAM OF THE LUMBAR SPINE WITHOUT CONTRAST DUE TO L5-S1 LUMBAR FUSION FOR SPONDYLOSIS. FINDINGS: THERE IS POSTERIOR TRANSPEDICULAR FUSION HARDWARE AND TLIF AT L5-S1 LEVEL. INTERBODY GRAFT IS PARTIALLY INCORPORATED INTO THE ENDPLATES. SCREWS WERE IN GOOD ALIGNMENT WITHOUT LOOSENING. THERE IS MINIMAL ANTEROLISTHESIS OF L5 IN RELATION TO S1. A LARGE LEFT PARACENTRAL SOFT TISSUE DENSITY IS PRESENT ALONG THE LEFT LATERAL RECESS AT L5-S1 LEVEL, ENCROACHING OVER THE TRAVERSING LEFT S1 NERVE ROOT. THIS COULD REPRESENT EITHER A LARGE LEFT PARACENTRAL DISC EXTRUSION OR AN ORGANIZING SMALL HEMATOMA ALONG THE SITE OF TLIF. A SYNOVIAL CYST AND A SCAR TISSUE ARE OTHER LESS LIKELY POSSIBILITIES. CENTRAL CANAL AND RIGHT LATERAL RECESSES ARE PRESERVED. CORONAL RECONSTRUCTIONS REVEAL COALESCING GRAFT MATERIAL ALONG THE POSTERIOR ELEMENTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED UNSPECIFIED INJURIES FOLLOWING THE USE OF RHBMP-2/ACS IN AN UNSPECIFIED SPINAL FUSION SURGERY. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REPORTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
630752 INFUSE BONE GRAFT FILLER, RECOMBINANT HUMAN BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN, COLLAGEN SCAFFOLD WITH MET NEK MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC NA M111064AAQ

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other