Medtronic received information regarding a guidance system being used during a spinal procedure.
It was reported that an error message that the surgical arm was off trajectory was displayed for right l2.
The manufacturer representative thought this was likely due to skiving.
There were no error or warning messages for left l3, and the trajectory was deviated and not in the planned position.
The surgeon removed the left l3 screw.
The surgical arm was resent to the trajectory with the same planning and the screw was able to be accurately placed.
Screws were placed in the following order during the procedure: left l4, right l4, left l3, right l3, right l2 and left l2.
There was no patient harm and the procedure was delayed over an hour.
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