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InjuryNPZ

INFUSE BONE GRAFT

Received May 28, 2010 · Event occurred Jul 18, 2006

Report 1030489-2010-00754 · MDR key 1705942

Device

Generic name

Infuse Bone Graft

Model number

NA

Catalog number

UNK

Lot number

UNK

Product problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
  • Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available

Patient

UNK

  • Wound Dehiscence
  • No Code Available

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

(B) (4). GRANULATION TISSUE FORMATION. LITERATURE ARTICLE CITATION: DICKINSON ET AL. REDUCED MORBIDITY AND IMPROVED HEALING WITH BONE MORPHOGENIC PROTEIN-2 IN OLDER PTS WITH ALVEOLAR CLEFT DEFECTS. PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY JOURNAL 2008; 209-217. A REVIEW OF THE CERTIFICATES OF ANALYSIS AND PACKING LIST FOR THE INFUSE BONE GRAFT WAS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT ADDITIONAL DEVICE INFO. NEITHER THE DEVICE NOR FILMS OF APPLICABLE IMAGING STUDIES WERE RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURER FOR EVAL. THEREFORE WE ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE DEFINITIVE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE TO CLOSE AN ALVEOLAR DEFECT USING INFUSE. IT WAS REPORTED POST-OP THAT THE PT EXPERIENCED PROLONGED WOUND HEALING AND GRANULATION TISSUE GROWTH. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.