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Device Problem
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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Patient Problems
Unspecified Infection (1930); No Code Available (3191)
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Event Type
Injury
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Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is for an unknown unk - constructs: veptr/unknown lot number.Without the specific part number, the udi number and 510k number is unknown.Complainant part is not expected to be returned for manufacturer review/investigation.(b)(4).Without a lot number, the device history records review could not be completed as no product was received.The investigation summary could not be completed; no conclusion could be drawn at the time of filing this report.Product was not returned.Based on the information available, it has been determined that no corrective and/or preventative action is proposed.This complaint will be accounted for and monitored via post market surveillance activities.If additional information is made available, the investigation will be updated as applicable.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.Device was used for treatment, not diagnosis.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.(b)(4).
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Event Description
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Device report from synthes europe reports an event in (b)(6) as follows: this report is being filed after the review of the following journal article: catteruccia m.Et, al (2017), scoliosis is an inescapable comorbidity in sma type ii.A single center experience, acta myologica vol.36(2), page 87 (italy).This study presents a data of progression of scoliosis and treatment in a cohort of 20 sma type ii patients followed in the last 15 years between 2002 and 2017.A total of 20 patients (age range, 2-20 years) were included in the study.Of these patients, 6 patients with a mean age of 8.1 (range, 6.2-10 years) were treated with unknown synthes veptr.All patients underwent systematical x-ray, functional and pulmonary assessments.Follow-ups were unknown.The article did not specify which of the devices were being used to capture the following complications: 3 patients had urinary infection, difficulty in extubation and weaning from mechanical ventilation and infective complication of the surgical wound.This report is for an unknown synthes veptr.This report is 1 of 1 for (b)(4).
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Depuy synthes is submitting this report pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803.This report may be based on information which depuy synthes has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date.This report does not reflect a conclusion by fda, depuy synthes or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, depuy synthes, or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report.Device was used for treatment, not diagnosis.If information is obtained that was not available for the initial medwatch, a follow-up medwatch will be filed as appropriate.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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