FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

MIIG X3 HI VISC

MDR report key: 913112 · Received September 14, 2007

Report

Report Number
1043534-2007-00137
Event Type
Death
Date Received
September 14, 2007
Date of Event
August 7, 2007
Report Date
August 14, 2007
Manufacturer
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Product Code
MQV
PMA / PMN Number
K024336
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CH
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. TRENDS WILL BE EVALUATED. THIS REPORT WILL BE AMENDED WHEN THE INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETED. THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ALLEGEDLY, THERE WAS A SPINAL CASE WITH BOXES OF MIIG X3 HI VISC. THE PATIENT DIED DURING THE OPERATION IN THE OR. THE REASON FOR DEATH HAS NOT BEEN CLARIFIED BY SURGEONS DUE TO NOT MAKING ANATOMY OF THE CADAVER. THE ESTIMATE REASON WAS MIOCARDIAL INFARCTION. THE PATIENT WAS HOSPITALIZED AFTER SEVERE LOW BACK PAIN AND NO-ACTIVITY, BECAUSE OF THE LOWER BACK INJURY ONE DAY EARLIER. WITH X-RAY, CT AND MRI, HER DIAGNOSIS WAS L1-3 COMPRESSION FRACTURE. PERFECTING THE PREOPERATIVE EXAMINATION, IN THE MORNING OF ORIGINAL DATE, THE OPERATION WAS TO BEGIN AT 10:30AM. ANESTHESIA DOWNLINK OPEN REDUCTION AND POSTERIOR SPINAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION + INJECTABLE CALCIUM SULFATE MATERIAL (MIIGX3 HIVCS) WITHIN FILLING DAMAGED VERTEBRAL BONE. DURING THE OPERATION THE PATIENT APPEARED CARDIAC ARREST, RESPIRATORY ARREST, AND ACTIVE RESCUE INVALID. THE PATIENT PRONOUNCED DEAD AT 12:30 NOON.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MIIG X3 HI VISC MQV WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Death