FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROSTHESIS, INTERVERTEBRAL DISC

MDR report key: 6247868 · Received January 12, 2017

Report

Report Number
2530088-2017-10006
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 12, 2017
Date of Event
November 4, 2015
Report Date
December 14, 2016
Manufacturer
SYNTHES BRANDYWINE
Product Code
MJO
PMA / PMN Number
P070001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DEVICE WAS USED FOR TREATMENT, NOT DIAGNOSIS. ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: THIS REPORT IS FOR UNKNOWN PRODISC-C/UNKNOWN QUANTITY/UNKNOWN LOT. UNKNOWN PART NUMBER, UDI UNAVAILABLE. IMPLANT/EXPLANT DATE: UNKNOWN. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED AND NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND NO LOT NUMBER OR PART NUMBER WAS PROVIDED. IF INFORMATION IS OBTAINED THAT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THE INITIAL MEDWATCH, A FOLLOW-UP MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED AS APPROPRIATE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE SUBSEQUENT REVIEW OF THE FOLLOWING LITERATURE ARTICLE: JANSSEN, M., ET AL. (2015). PRODISC-C TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT VERSUS ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION FOR SINGLE-LEVEL SYMPTOMATIC CERVICAL DISC DISEASE. THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY, VOL 97:1738-47. USA. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO REPORT THE SEVEN-YEAR EFFICACY AND SAFETY OUTCOMES OF A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN WHICH TOTAL DISC ARTHROPLASTY WITH PRODISC-C (PDC) WAS COMPARED WITH ANTERIOR CERVICAL DISCECTOMY AND FUSION (ACDF) FOR THE TREATMENT OF SINGLE-LEVEL CERVICAL DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE. IT IS UNKNOWN WHO MANUFACTURED THE ACDF DEVICES AND WHAT DEVICES WERE USED. HOWEVER, ARTICLE STATED THAT PLATE(S) WAS USED. TWO HUNDRED AND NINE PATIENTS AT 13 SITES WERE RANDOMLY TREATED WITH PDC (N=103, 55 FEMALES, MEAN AGE OF 42.1) OR WITH ACDF (N=106, 54 FEMALES, MEAN AGE OF 43.5). PATIENTS WERE ASSESSED PREOPERATIVELY; AT 5 WEEKS AND 3, 6, 12, 18, AND 24 MONTHS POSTOPERATIVE; AND THEN ANNUALLY UNTIL 7 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY. RADIOGRAPHIC DATA WERE OBTAINED AND ANALYZED BY RADIOLOGISTS AT EACH VISIT. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED: TWO (2) PATIENTS HAD SURGERY FOR DEVICE-RELATED EVENTS: INDEX LEVEL. DEVICE ISSUE WAS NOT PROVIDED. ONE (1) PATIENT HAD SURGERY FOR DEVICE-RELATED EVENTS: OTHER. DEVICE ISSUE WAS NOT PROVIDED. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 2 FOR (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN PRODISC-C (PDC).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
29469 PROSTHESIS, INTERVERTEBRAL DISC MJO SYNTHES BRANDYWINE

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention