Catalog Number MC1444P |
Device Problem
Malposition of Device (2616)
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Patient Problems
Pain (1994); Paraplegia (2448); Quadriplegia (2449)
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Event Date 11/30/2016 |
Event Type
Injury
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Manufacturer Narrative
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Exemption number (b)(4) - ldr spine usa, inc.(importer) is submitting the report on behalf of ldr medical (manufacturer).(b)(4).Other: distributor (b)(4).Follow-up with cdrh dt support team on (b)(6) 2020 determined this submission could not be located, so it is being resubmitted.The correspondance is attach in an email to this report.
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Event Description
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At final fluoro, marker appeared too posterior.Surgeon removed cage and plates and completed case with a competitor construct.Patient woke with paraplegia.
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Event Description
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At final flouro, marker appeared too posterior.Surgeon removed cage and plates and completed case with a competitor's construct.Patient woke with paraplegia.New information was received reporting that the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit (icu) post-op where he was given steroids for eight days.The patient was diagnosed with incomplete quadraplegia with lower extremity weakness and loss of lower extremity motor and sensory functions.It was also reported the patient has post-op right hand and shoulder, left shoulder, left hip and low back pain that requires medication.
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Manufacturer Narrative
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The additionally provided information does not impact the previously reported method, result, or conclusion codes as the device evaluation has not altered.
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Search Alerts/Recalls
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