FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PERFIX SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM

MDR report key: 7023859 · Received November 13, 2017

Report

Report Number
9617297-2017-00005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 13, 2017
Date of Event
October 17, 2017
Report Date
October 23, 2017
Manufacturer
U&I CORPORATION
Product Code
MNH
PMA / PMN Number
K091725
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE TWO PEDICLE SCREWS WERE EVALUATED. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THEM WAS WITHIN ACCEPTABLE RANGE SPECIFIED IN ASTM F136 STANDARD AND THEIR MEASUREMENTS WERE WITHIN TOLERANCE SPECIFIED IN THE ENGINEERING DRAWING. THE LOOSENING AND FRACTURE OF PEDICLE SCREWS WERE BECAUSE OF THE NONUNION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT UNDERWENT SURGERY TO TREAT LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS ON (B)(6) 2015, BUT THE PEDICLE SCREWS WERE LOOSE AT L5 POST-OPERATIVELY. THE LOOSE SCREWS WERE REPLACED WITH LARGER PEDICLE SCREWS AND THE CONSTRUCT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2017. TWO PEDICLE SCREWS REPLACED WERE FRACTURED SEVEN MONTHS LATER AND THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE 3RD SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2017.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
804262 PERFIX SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM SPINAL FIXATION SYSTEM MNH U&I CORPORATION 15B218

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention