FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NUVASIVE COROENT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 8465483 · Received March 29, 2019

Report

Report Number
2031966-2019-00176
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 29, 2019
Report Date
March 2, 2019
Manufacturer
NUVASIVE INC.
Product Code
ODP
UDI-DI
00887517295415
PMA / PMN Number
K081611
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO ALLEGATION OF PRODUCT MALFUNCTION HAS BEEN REPORTED. NO INFORMATION ON PATIENTS' PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS HAS BEEN PROVIDED NOR RADIOGRAPHS, IMAGES AND/OR SURGICAL NOTES PROVIDED. BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THIS TIME NO ROOT CAUSE COULD BE DETERMINED. THOUGH PULMONARY EMBOLISM IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION FOR POST-OPERATIVE SPINAL PATIENTS IT IS UNCLEAR IF THE PULMONARY EMBOLISM WAS RELATED TO NUVASIVE PRODUCTS. LABELING REVIEW: "...POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS AND COMPLICATIONS AS WITH ANY MAJOR SURGICAL PROCEDURES, THERE ARE RISKS INVOLVED IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY. INFREQUENT OPERATIVE AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS THAT MAY RESULT IN THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL SURGERIES INCLUDE: PULMONARY EMBOLI..."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON MARCH 2, 2019, THE FOLLOWING EVENT WAS REPORTED AT A PHYSICIAN CONFERENCE ON A COROENT XL-H. CASE 2: ON AN UNKNOWN DATE A PROCEDURE USING COROENT XL-H WAS PERFORMED. POST PROCEDURE, A SYMPTOMATIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND BACK SIDE DEEP INFECTION OCCURRED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
259366 NUVASIVE COROENT SYSTEM INTERVERTEBRAL FUSION DEVICE WITH BONE GRAFT, CERVICAL ODP NUVASIVE INC. 6200450P2 00887517295415

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1