This report is for an unknown plate/unknown lot.Part and lot numbers are unknown; udi number is unknown.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.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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This report is being filed after the review of the following journal article: yang, h.Et al.(2021), anterior canal reconstruction and fusion for myelopathy caused by degenerative cervical kyphosis and stenosis with or without ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, clinical spine surgery, vol.Xx, pages 1-9 (china).The objective of this retrospective study was to introduce an anterior surgical technique for myelopathy caused by degenerative cervical kyphosis and stenosis (dcks) with or without ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (opll).From june 2017 through june 2019, a total of 41 patients with symptoms of cervical myelopathy underwent acrf [26 males, 15 females; mean age 57.7 ± 13.5 y (range, 46¿78 y)] using the skyline (depuy synthes spine, ma) and atlantis (medtronic sofamor danek, tn) anterior cervical plate system.Follow-up was carried out at 3, 6, 12, 24, and 36 months postoperation.The mean follow-up was 20.3±8.4 months (range, 12¿36 mo).The following complications were reported as follows: 1 patient had csf leakage which disappeared in 1 week after lumbar cisterna drainage.1 patient presented with screw displacement in c3 vertebra, which may be related to the osteoporosis.Fortunately, it was stable at 12th month after operation when reaching solid fusion.2 patients presented with dysphagia, which disappeared 3 months after operation.This is report 1 of 3 for (b)(4).This report is for an unknown synthes skyline plate (depuy synthes spine, ma).
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