SURGICAL MESH

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN ANTERIOR C6 CORPECTOMY WITH SYNTHES SYNMESH CAGE AS A VERTEBRAL BODY REPLACEMENT AND C5-C7 ANTERIOR CERVICAL PLATING WITH SYNTHES CERVICAL SPINE LOCKING PLATE (CSLP) ON (B)(6) 2017. THE TWO (2) C5 CSLP SCREWS BILATERALLY BROKE ON AN UNKNOWN POINT IN TIME. ACCORDING TO THE SURGEON, THE SYNMESH CAGE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY SUBSIDED IN BOTH ENDPLATES. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE SAME SURGEON PERFORMED THE REVISION SURGERY AND REMOVED THE CSLP PLATE. WHEN REMOVING THE PLATE, THE SURGEON DISCOVERED THAT ONE (1) OF THE C7 CSLP SCREWS WAS BROKEN ON AN UNKNOWN SIDE. THE SURGEON COULD NOT GET ANY OF THE THREE (3) BROKEN SCREW FRAGMENTS OUT, ONE (1) IN C7 AND TWO (2) IN C5. THE SYNMESH CAGE WAS NOT REMOVED. THE SURGEON THEN COMPLETED THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE PROCEDURE, FLIPPED THE PATIENT PRONE AND PLACED SYNAPSE ROD SYSTEM HARDWARE AT C5-C7 TO STABILIZE THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY BUT IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS SURGICAL DELAY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: CERVICAL SPINE LOCKING PLATE (PART: 450.231, LOT: UNKNOWN, QUANTITY: 1), LOCKING SCREW (PART: 497.78, LOT: UNKNOWN, QUANTITY: 3), END PLATES (PART: UNKNOWN, LOT: UNKNOWN, QUANTITY: UNKNOWN). THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN SYNMESH CAGE. THIS IS REPORT 3 OF 4 FOR (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

DEPUY SYNTHES IS SUBMITTING THIS REPORT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF 21 CFR, PART 803. THIS REPORT MAY BE BASED ON INFORMATION WHICH DEPUY SYNTHES HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO INVESTIGATE OR VERIFY PRIOR TO THE REQUIRED REPORTING DATE. THIS REPORT DOES NOT REFLECT A CONCLUSION BY FDA, DEPUY SYNTHES OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE REPORT CONSTITUTES AN ADMISSION THAT THE DEVICE, DEPUY SYNTHES, OR ITS EMPLOYEES CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE POTENTIAL EVENT DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

510K: THIS REPORT IS FOR AN UNKNOWN VERTEBRAL BODY REPLACEMENT MESH (SYNMESH QTY:1). PART AND LOT NUMBERS ARE UNKNOWN; UDI NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. THE EXACT DATE IS UNKNOWN FOR (B)(6) 2017. DEVICE WAS NOT EXPLANTED. COMPLAINANT PART IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR MANUFACTURER REVIEW/INVESTIGATION. NO INFORMATION DUE TO UNKNOWN PART. WITHOUT A LOT NUMBER THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. THE INVESTIGATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED; NO CONCLUSION COULD BE DRAWN, AS NO PRODUCT WAS RECEIVED. 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.

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DAY IN (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ANTERIOR CORPECTOMY WITH A SYNMESH VERTEBRAL CAGE IMPLANTED AT C6 AND A CERVICAL SPINE LOCKING PLATE (CSLP) IMPLANTED AT C5-C7. THE TWO (2) C5 CSLP SCREWS BROKE BILATERALLY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. ACCORDING TO THE SURGEON, THE SYNMESH CAGE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SLIGHTLY SUBSIDED IN BOTH ENDPLATES. REVISION SURGERY TOOK PLACE ON (B)(6) 2018, AND THE SAME SURGEON EXPLANTED THE CSLP PLATE. WHEN REMOVING THE PLATE, THE SURGEON DISCOVERED THAT ONE (1) C7 CSLP SCREW WAS BROKEN. THE SURGEON WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE ANY OF THE SCREW FRAGMENTS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED AS ONE (1) IN C7 AND TWO (2) IN C5. THE SYNMESH CAGE WAS NOT REMOVED. THE SURGEON THEN COMPLETED THE ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE PROCEDURE BY PLACING THE SYNAPSE ROD SYSTEM HARDWARE AT C5-C7 TO STABILIZE THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: CERVICAL SPINE LOCKING PLATE (PART# 450.231, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY# 1), LOCKING SCREW (PART# 497.78, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY# 3) THIS IS REPORT 4 OF 4 FOR (B)(4).