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LITERATURE REPORTS FOLLOWING C6 ANTERIOR CERVICAL CORPECTOMY AND FUSION INVOLVING AN EXPANDABLE LORDOTIC CAGE ADD PLUS VBR [K09841]. PATIENT SUFFERED DEVICE-RELATED CERVICOBRACHIALGIA REQUIRING REVISION SURGERY. IMAGING STUDIES REVEAL THE DEVICE CENTER EXPANDABLE STRUT BROKE, CAUSING INJURY AND NEED FOR REVISION. DEVICE INDICATION AND LABELING CLEARED ONLY FOR NON-CERVICAL USES. YET DEVICE CONSTRUCT AND DESIGN RATIONALE CONFIGURED TO CONFORM FOR CERVICAL USE WHICH IS NOT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE 510K INTENDED USE AND INDICATION [TRIEB, KLEMENS, AND STEPHAN KOCH. "FAILURE OF AN EXPANDABLE CAGE PLATE CERVICAL VERTEBRAL BODY REPLACEMENT: CASE REPORT OF A DEVICE RELATED COMPLICATION." JOINT DISEASE AND RELATED SURGERY 28.3 (2017): 214-218]. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID # (B)(4).