| Catalog Number |
6190075 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Break (1069)
|
| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
|
| Date of Event |
06/06/2017
|
|
Type of Reportable Event
|
Malfunction
|
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
The device was not returned to the manufacturer for evaluation.Review of radiographic images appear to display disassembled anterior cervical plate.
|
| |
|
Event or Problem Description
|
|
It was reported that the patient presented with cervical stenosis underwent c4-5 corpectomy and c6-7 anterior cervical discectomy with fusion.On (b)(6) 2017, post -op, the plate came apart.No patient complications were reported for this event.
|
| |
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
Image review: c3-7 anterior cervical discectomy and fusion post-op x-rays show fracture of the translational plate at the motionable segment.Interbody grafts are present at c3-4, c5-6 and c6-7.C4-5 is not instrumented and no fusion is expected to have occurred.This segment is still mobile, eventual deconstruct fracture is the expected result.Root cause: surgical technique.If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
|
| |
|
Search Alerts/Recalls
|