FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CEMENT, BONE, VERTEBROPLASTY

MDR report key: 4965926 · Received August 4, 2015

Report

Report Number
1030489-2015-01903
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 4, 2015
Report Date
July 6, 2015
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

(B)(6). 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. 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 IN AN ABSTRACT THAT 255 UNDERWENT PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY (PVP) AND 122 PATIENTS UNDERWENT BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY ( BKP) TO TREAT SINGLE-LEVEL OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL FRACTURES (OVF) WITH INTERVERTEBRAL CLEFTS (IVC) BETWEEN 2003 AND 2012. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CEMENT LEAKAGE RATE WAS 24% IN BKP. THERE WAS NO NEUROLOGICAL SYMPTOM OR SYSTEMIC COMPLICATION DUE TO CEMENT LEAKAGE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
509996 CEMENT, BONE, VERTEBROPLASTY NDN MEDTRONIC SOFAMOR DANEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1