(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.A good faith effort will be made to obtain the applicable information relevant to the report.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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It was reported that on: (b)(6) 2009, the patient presented with pre-op diagnosis of: congenital kyphoscoliosis with severe sagittal imbalance; multiple prior surgeries with retained instrumentation; spinal stenosis.The patient underwent following procedure: removal of spinal instrumentation; fusion mass exploration; l1-l5 bilateral laminectomies with foraminotomies and partial medial facetectomies; transpedicular bilateral partial corpectomy l4 and wedge resection of the vertebral body; dural repair under loupe magnification; posterior spinal fusion t11-s1; posterior segmental spinal instrumentation t11-s1 with screw rod construct; spinopelvic fixation with right iliac screw; morselized autograft bone graft; bmp sponge preparation and application; somatosensory evoked potential spinal cord monitoring.Per op-note, ¿.Two large bmp sets were mixed , all 12 sponges were placed posteriorly for the arthrodesis t11-s1, and all of the morsellized autograft bone graft available from the multilevel laminectomies and from the partial corpectomy at l4 were all saved , all of this autograft bone was placed posteriorly and posterolaterally for the arthrodesis t11-s1.¿ the patient had reported necrosis, meningitis, pain, wound infection, seroma and stenosis post-operative.
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