FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM

MDR report key: 6953990 · Received October 17, 2017

Report

Report Number
1030489-2017-02214
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 17, 2017
Report Date
November 17, 2017
Manufacturer
WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS
Product Code
NKB
PMA / PMN Number
SEE H10
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS PRODUCT IS NOT APPROVED FOR SALE IN US BUT A SIMILAR DEVICE WITH CATALOG# 6430530, 510K# K143375 AND (B)(4) IS APPROVED FOR SALE IN US. PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

X-RAY REVIEW: POST OP X-RAYS FROM INSTRUMENTATION OF CONGENITAL LUMBAR CAVITY AT L4 TO "L6" SHOW BACKOUT OF ONE OF THE L4 SET SCREWS. THERE IS A LARGE BONY PSEUDOARTHROSIS ANTERIORLY AND THE NAMED L5 LEVEL APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SKIPPED. THE HARDWARE ALSO APPEARED UNDERSIZED. THESE FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO FAILURE OF THE CONSTRUCT. ROOT CAUSE IS SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, POST-OP, THE SET SCREW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF L4 BACKED OUT IN THE PATIENT WHO HAD SURGERY APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO. THE PATIENT DID NOT NOTICE ANY CHANGES IN HIS BODY BECAUSE HE HAS CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN WITH ANHIDROSIS. NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED. CLEAR ZONE WAS CONFIRMED AROUND RIGHT L6 SCREW. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHETHER BONY UNION WAS ACHIEVED OR NOT. RE-OPERATION WAS NOT PLANNED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
734869 CD HORIZON SPINAL SYSTEM ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION, FOR DEGENERATIVE DISC DISEASE NKB WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1