FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

MDR report key: 4157185 · Received October 9, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-03991
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 9, 2014
Date of Event
September 3, 2014
Report Date
September 10, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK USA, INC
Product Code
NEK
PMA / PMN Number
P000058
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WI, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ARTICLE CITATION: KELLY ET AL. CANCER RISK FROM BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN EXPOSURE IN SPINAL ARTHRODESIS. J BONE JOINT SURG AM. 201 4;96:1417-22. IMPLANT DATE: 2005 - 2009. (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 MEDICARE PATIENT DATA FROM JANUARY 1, 2005, TO DECEMBER 31, 2010, WERE REVIEWED. PATIENTS HAVING SPINAL ARTHRODESIS FROM 2005 TO 2009 WERE FOLLOWED FROM THE DATE OF SURGERY UNTIL THAT DATE IN 2010. 467,916 MEDICARE PATIENTS WHO HAD SPINAL ARTHRODESIS WERE IDENTIFIED. BMP WAS USED IN 110,808 PATIENTS (23.7%). IN THE BMP GROUP, 6557 PATIENTS (5.9%) DEVELOPED A SEER CANCER COMPARED WITH 23,232 PATIENTS (6.5%) IN THE CONTROL GROUP AFTER SPINAL ARTHRODESIS. THE DIFFERENCE WAS SIGNIFICANT (P <(><<)> 0.001), INDICATING A LOWER RISK IN THE BMP GROUP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
635913 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 Life Threatening| R