FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CEMENT, BONE, VERTEBROPLASTY

MDR report key: 4260102 · Received November 18, 2014

Report

Report Number
1030489-2014-04432
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 18, 2014
Report Date
October 20, 2014
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK
Product Code
NDN
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

LITERATURE CITATION: HIDETO SANO, MASAICHI HASEGAWA, MASAHITO TAKAHASHI, ATSUSHI HASEGAWA, SHOICHI ICHIMURA. "PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR POSTOPERATIVE ADJACENT VERTEBRAL FRACTURE AT OUR MEDICAL INSTITUTION". (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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED IN AN ABSTRACT THAT A TOTAL 50 PATIENTS UNDERWENT BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY PROCEDURES (BKP), AND 43 OF THOSE PATIENTS WERE AVAILABLE FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS FOR FOLLOW-UP. PATIENTS WERE 16 MALES AND 27 FEMALES, AND THE AVERAGE AGE WAS 78.0 YEARS OLD. IT WAS REPORTED THAT "CEMENT MIGRATIONS" OCCURED IN SIX (6) PATIENTS. PREOPERATIVE CLEFT IN VERTEBRAL BODY AND INJURY IN SUPERIOR/INFERIOR ENDPLATES WERE OBSERVED TO ALL CASES OF THE CEMENT MIGRATION. THE TYPE OF CEMENT USED ON THESE PATIENTS WAS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE ABSTRACT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
746633 CEMENT, BONE, VERTEBROPLASTY NDN MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA` UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 BKP