FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

KYPHX X HV-R BONE CEMENT

MDR report key: 619360 · Received July 1, 2005

Report

Report Number
2953769-2005-00009
Event Type
Other
Date Received
July 1, 2005
Date of Event
May 17, 2005
Report Date
June 3, 2005
Manufacturer
KYPHON, INC.
Product Code
NDN
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE TREATING PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WITH AN OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAL BODY COMPRESSION FRACTURED OF L2 TREATED WITH BALLOON KYPHOPLASTY. BALLON INFLATION WITH THE IBT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND ROUTINE. AT THE END OF KYPHX HV-R BONE CEMENT DELIVERY, AN ANTERIOR CEMENT EXTRAVASATION WAS NOTED. THE EXTRAVASATION APPEARED ON FLUOROSCOPY TO HAVE A ROUND SHAPE CONSISTEN WITH LEAKAGE INTO PREVERTEBRAL VEIN. THE PATIENT DID WELL AND WENT HOME THE NEXT DAY. ONE WEEK LATER AT ROUTINE FOLLOW-UP, X-RAY SHOWED CEMENT LEAKAGE. CT SCAN CONFIRMED CEMENT LEAKAGE FROM THE VERTEBRAL BODY THROUGH THE RIGHT HEART INTO THE PULMONARY ARTERY. THE PATIENT HAS NO SYMPTOMS. TO DATE, THE PATIENT HAS NOT UNDERGONE ANY SPECIFIC TREATMENT FOR THIS CEMENT EXTRAVASATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 KYPHX X HV-R BONE CEMENT BONE CEMENT NDN KYPHON, INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 82 YR Other