BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    PYRAMESH C TITANIUM MESH

    MDR report key: 8535280 · Received April 22, 2019

    Report

    Report Number
    1030489-2019-00457
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 22, 2019
    Date of Event
    March 22, 2019
    Report Date
    April 22, 2019
    Manufacturer
    WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS
    Product Code
    EZX
    PMA / PMN Number
    SEE H10
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    JA
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    COMMON DEVICE NAME: SPINAL MESH SYSTEM (SPINAL VERTEBRAL BODY REPLACEMENT DEVICE). THIS PART IS NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES; HOWEVER A LIKE DEVICE CATALOG # 9050713, 510K #K011406, (B)(4) WAS CLEARED IN THE UNITED STATES. NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR FILMS OF APPLICABLE IMAGING STUDIES WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVALUATION. THEREFORE, WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT. ALTHOUGH IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE REPORTED EVENT OR NOT, WE ARE FILING THIS REPORT FOR NOTIFICATION PURPOSES. IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PRE-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: CERVICAL SPONDYLOTIC RADICULOPATHY(CSR) PROCEDURE: ANTERIOR CERVICAL DECOMPRESSION AND FUSION (ACDF), C5 SUBTOTAL REMOVAL, SURGICAL APPROACH PLACEMENT OF PRODUCT: INSIDE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC SPACE POSTEROLATERAL IT WAS REPORTED THAT BLEEDING FROM DEEP AREA OF EPIDURAL VENOUS PLEXUS OCCURRED DURING INSERTING DEVICE. BECAUSE WHILE INSERTING THE DEVICE, IT WAS NECESSARY TO HAMMER IT IN, SO MAYBE THE VEIN PLEXUS GOT INJURED AT THAT TIME. OR MAYBE THE VEIN PLEXUS GOT INJURED WHEN PERFORMING DECOMPRESSION. TREATMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO STOP BLEEDING, THE PATIENT RETURNED FROM THE OPERATION ROOM AND THEN THERE WAS NAUSEA, AND A DRUG TO STOP NAUSEA WAS GIVEN TO THE PATIENT. AFTER THAT, THE PATIENT'S BREATHING BECAME UNSTABLE, THE PATIENT COULD NOT RESPOND WHEN SOMEONE WAS TALKING TO THE PATIENT, AND THE PATIENT BECAME UNABLE TO SAY A WORD. AFTER INTUBATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF STEROID ETC., THE PATIENT'S AWARENESS BECAME CLEAR. THE PATIENT COULD WALK NOW AND WAS RECOVERING.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    329597 PYRAMESH C TITANIUM MESH MESH, METAL EZX WARSAW ORTHOPEDICS NA 0278417W

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Other