It was reported that the patient underwent a spine fusion surgery on the lumbar region of her spine from vertebrae l4-s1 using rhbmp-2/acs was used in patient in a tlif surgical approach.Patient's post-operative period was marked by a period of relief followed by prominent bone spurring and ossification in her lumbar spine.Patient continues to experience severe and unrelenting back pain, nerve damage, uncontrolled bone growth and permanent disability.This prevents her from practicing and fully enjoying the activities of daily life to the extent patient did preoperatively.No additional information has been provided.
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(b)(4).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.Products from multiple manufacturers were implanted during the procedure.Although it is unknown if any of the devices contributed to the reported event, we are filing this mdr for notification purposes.
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It was reported that on (b)(6) 2008, patient presented with following pre-op diagnosis: degenerative disk disease, l4-l5 and l5-s1.For which, patient underwent following procedures, anterior diskectomy and fusion, l4-l5 and l5-s1, with presacral approach with a posterior decompression, right, bilateral l5-s1 and a right l5-s1 facetectomy, posterior pedicle screw fusion on the right l4, l5 and s1 with intertransverse fusion on the right and removal of right-sided l3-l4 pedicle screws.Per op notes, at l5-s1, surgeon packed circumferentially four bmp sponges and then approximately 15 ml of bone void filler granules soaked in patient¿s bone marrow aspirate from sacral channel.Once complete exenterating of the disk was performed at the l4-l5 level, the disk was packed with four bmp sponges radially and another almost 15 ml of bone void filler-soaked bone.Patient tolerated the procedure well without any intraoperative complications.
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