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Minimally Invasive Deformity Correction (MID-C) System MID-C 125Recalls & reported problems

Apifix Ltd · Class N · Implant

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Quick summary

This APIFIX MID-C system is a ratcheting spinal rod used to correct spinal curvature during surgery. The 53 reports mostly describe the rod breaking, especially at the ratcheting mechanism, along with loosening of the bone screws and the rod shortening or shifting inside the body. Ten reports describe injuries and no deaths were reported. Many reports mention back pain and revision surgery to remove or swap the rod. No recalls name this device.

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Adverse event reports
53
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
10
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 53 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07290018128046), received between Oct 21, 2021 and Dec 9, 2024 — classified as 10 injuries, 43 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (18 reports).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 1 reportsDec 2023: 2 reportsJan 2024: 2 reportsFeb 2024: 2 reportsMar 2024: 1 reportsApr 2024: 2 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 3 reportsAug 2024: 3 reportsSep 2024: 4 reportsOct 2024: 4 reportsNov 2024: 2 reportsDec 2024: 2 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 0 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 0 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 0 reportsAug 2025: 0 reportsSep 2025: 0 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 0 reportsMay 2026: 0 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520264
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Break18
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem13
  • Unintended Movement6
  • Migration5
  • No Apparent Adverse Event3
  • Off-Label Use3
  • Fracture2
  • Noise, Audible2

Patient problems

  • No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions21
  • Pain16
  • Failure of Implant6
  • Discomfort4
  • Physical Asymmetry3
  • Implant Pain2
  • Post Operative Wound Infection2
  • Wound Dehiscence2

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 53 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • MalfunctionDec 9, 2024No Apparent Adverse Event; No Apparent Adverse Event

    ON 21-NOV-2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFED THAT PATIENT # (B)(6) UNDERWENT IMPLANT REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2024. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER THE PATIENT WAS SKELETALLY MATURE AND A FEW YEARS POST-OP. THE REPORTER FURTHER INDICATED, THIS WAS NOT A DEVICE FAILURE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 20876702 ↗
  • InjuryDec 2, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6) 2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT A SURGERY WAS CONDUCTED ON PATIENT (B)(6) ON (B)(6) 2024. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE PATIENT HAD A VISIT CONDUCTED ON (B)(6) 2024 WHERE THE PATIENT STATED THERE WAS PREVIOUS SWELLING OVER THE INCISION WITH SOME RECENT FEVERS BUT ALL OF IT WAS RESOLVED AND PATIENT DENIED ANY BACK PAIN. SURGEON NOTED THAT THE PATIENT'S FAMILY WAS TO MONITOR FOR ANY ERYTHEMA, PAIN, OR INCREASED SWELLING/DRAINAGE AND TO HAVE A FOLLOW UP VISIT IN 5-6 WEEKS. AFTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE FAMILY AND HIS TEAM NOTING A RETURNED FEVER, SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED FOR (B)(6) TO DO EXPLORATORY SURGERY FOR ANY POSSIBLE INFECTION, AND ON (B)(6) THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS A DEEP WOUND INFECTION WHICH REQUIRED THEM TO REMOVE THE HARDWARE. IMPLANT REMOVED ON (B)(6) 2024.

    Patient problems: Bacterial Infection

    MAUDE report 20817071 ↗
  • MalfunctionNov 20, 2024Off-Label Use; No Apparent Adverse Event; Off-Label Use; No Apparent Adverse Event

    ON 03-NOV-2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT # (B)(6); (PAS #117-A029) IS SCHEDULED FOR A ROD EXCHANGE REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024. ON 04-NOV-2024 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE REASON {FOR THE RE-OP} IS THAT THE ROD THE PATIENT HAS NOW REACHED FULL EXTENSION/ DISTRACTION, AND THEIR CURVE IS PROGRESSING AGAIN. THEY'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE ROD WITH A LONGER ONE.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 20732765 ↗
  • MalfunctionNov 6, 2024Break; Break

    ON (B)(6) 2024, DURING MONITORING OF THE PAS, APIFIX IDENTIFIED THAT AT A ON (B)(6) CLINIC VISIT PATIENT#: (B)(6) (PAS#: 086-A027) REPORTEDLY HAD A BROKEN IMPLANT. SPECIFICALLY, "SUPERIOR ROD BREAKAGE". IT WAS FURTHER IDENTIFIED THAT THE PATIENT HAD LEFT SHOULDER PAIN, HEARING AND FEELING A POPPING SENSATION NEAR HER LEFT UPPER SHOULDER. PATIENT UNDERWENT APIFIX EXCHANGE ON (B)(6) 2024.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 20619343 ↗
  • MalfunctionOct 23, 2024Break; Break

    ON (B)(6) 2024 DURING MONITORING OF THE PAS, APIFIX IDENTIFIED THAT AT A (B)(6) 2024 CLINIC VISIT PATIENT # (B)(6) (PAS# 117-A021) REPORTEDLY HAS A BROKEN IMPLANT. SPECIFICALLY "THE APIFIX ROD IS FRACTURED AT THE RATCHET MECHANISM SITE". IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT THE TREATMENT PLAN IS A RE-OP. THEY WILL HAVE THE PATIENT COME BACK IN IN 6 WEEKS ON (B)(6) 2024 FOR FURTHER X-RAYS. THOSE X-RAYS WILL DETERMINE IF IT WILL BE A ROD EXCHANGE OR REMOVAL.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 20514897 ↗
  • MalfunctionOct 15, 2024Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

    ON (B)(6) 2024, DURING MONITORING OF THE PAS, APIFIX IDENTIFIED THAT PATIENT#: (B)(6) REPORTEDLY HAS A RATCHET DEVICE WHICH SHOWS SHORTENING, INDICATIVE OF DYSFUNCTION OF THE RATCHET MECHANISM. PATIENT REPORTS A PALPABLE CLUNK WHEN BENDING BACK AND FORTH ACCOMPANIED BY MIDDLE BACK PAIN.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 20448978 ↗
  • MalfunctionOct 8, 2024Break; Fracture; Break; Fracture

    ON 09-SEP-2024, APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT#: (B)(6) (PAS#: 091-A060) UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY ON THAT DAY DUE TO A BROKEN ROD. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A "POP" SENSATION WHILE STRETCHING AND A SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN BEGAN IN HER BACK ON (B)(6) 2024. PATIENT WENT TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AROUND THEIR COLLEGE AND THEN WERE SENT TO (B)(6) HOSPITAL ON (B)(6) 2024. PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE BROKEN IMPLANT. ON (B)(6) 2024.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 20394985 ↗
  • MalfunctionOct 8, 2024Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

    ON (B)(6) 2024, DURING MONITORING AS PART OF THE PAS STUDY, APIFIX WAS MADE AWARE THAT PATIENT #(B)(6) (PAS # (B)(6) REPORTEDLY HAS A DEVICE WITH LOSS OF PROXIMAL FIXATION {SUPERIOR SCREW LOOSENING}. PATIENT REPORTEDLY HAS RIGHT SHOULDER PAIN AND PAIN WHEN SNEEZING/COUGHING. PATIENT SCHEDULED FOR REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 20394984 ↗
  • MalfunctionSep 11, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6) 2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT #877 (PAS #052-A010) IS COMPLAINING OF PAIN OVER THE IMPLANT AND ISSUES WITH THE CHANGES IN THE WEATHER. NO IMPLANT ISSUES NOTED. PATIENT/PARENTS ARE CONSIDERING REMOVAL SURGERY AND WILL RETURN FOR FOLLOW-UP IN THREE MONTH, OR SOONER IF THEY DECIDE TO PROCEED WITH SURGERY. ON 15-AUG-2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PAS# 052-A010 (PT. #877) IS SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2024.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 20189057 ↗
  • MalfunctionSep 11, 2024Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

    ON 15-AUG-2024, APIFIX WAS MADE AWARE THAT PATIENT (B)(6) (B)(4) REPORTEDLY HAD X-RAYS TAKEN ON (B)(6) 2024 DURING A VISIT TO CLINIC; 'THE FILMS TAKEN ON (B)(6) 2024 APPOINTMENT SHOW THE RATCHET MECHANISM TO BE BROKEN AS THERE IS MORE LENGTHENING TO GO WHEN COMPARED TO FILMS TAKEN ON (B)(6) 2023 AND THEREAFTER SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSING THE COBB ANGLE TO INCREASE FROM 24 DEGRESS TO 29 DEGREES' TREATMENT OPTIONS WERE DISCUSSED WHICH INCLUDE REPLACEMENT VERSUS A MINIMAL FUSION VERSUS REMOVAL AND OBSERVATION. WE WILL DISCUSS THIS IN 2-3 MONTHS WHEN THEY RETURN FOR FOLLOW-UP'.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 20188334 ↗
  • MalfunctionSep 5, 2024Failure to Align; Failure to Align

    ON 08-AUG-2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT (B)(6) UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024 DUE TO A KITE ANGLE COLLAPSE. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, "WE ADDED A SCREW AT T7 TO GO ALONG WITH T5&T6 AND SHORTENED THE MID-C. THE APIFIX SCREW WAS UNCHANGED."

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 20143706 ↗
  • MalfunctionSep 3, 2024Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement

    ON 22-JUL-2024, DURING MONITORING AS PART OF THE PAS STUDY, APIFIX WAS MADE AWARE THAT PATIENT # (B)(6); (PAS # (B)(6)) AT THE 24-MONTH VISIT (CIRCA (B)(6) 2023) REPORTEDLY HAS OCCASIONAL PAIN AND GRINDING NOISES FROM THE DEVICE WITH MOVEMENT. NO REPORT OF SURGICAL/MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS RECEIVED. ON 06-AUG-2024 APIFIX RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PATIENT # (B)(6); (PAS (B)(6)). 'AT A CLINIC VISIT ON (B)(6) 2024 IT WAS REPORTED THAT "THE RATCHETING SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE MALFUNCTIONED AS IT HAS REGRESSED WHEN COMPARED TO PREVIOUS FILMS AND COBB ANGLE HAS INCREASED TO 33 DEGREES FROM 22 DEGREES ON PREVIOUS FILMS". SURGEON DISCUSSED MOVING FORWARD WITH REMOVAL OF APIFIX AND DOING A POSTERIOR SPINE FUSION.'

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 20123420 ↗
  • MalfunctionAug 12, 2024Break; Break

    ON 18-JUL-2024, APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT # (B)(6) (PAS# 090-A011) PRESENTED WITH BACK PAIN AND A BROKEN ROD AT THE CLINIC. THE PATIENT, WHO IS APPROXIMATELY 2.5 YEARS POST-INDEX SURGERY FOR LENKE 1, IS SCHEDULED TO UNDERGO A PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2024, TO REMOVE THE IMPLANTS. THE BROKEN ROD WILL NOT BE REPLACED DURING THIS PROCEDURE.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 19960450 ↗
  • MalfunctionAug 12, 2024Noise, Audible; Noise, Audible

    ON 23-JUL-2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT #(B)(6) (PAS# (B)(6)) IS SCHEDULED FOR REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2024. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE PATIENT IS REPORTING PAIN AND POPPING NOISE, THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE IMPLANT BE TAKEN OUT.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 19960436 ↗
  • MalfunctionAug 12, 2024Break; Break

    PATIENT #(B)(6) INDEX PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2020. ON 23-JUL-2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT #(B)(6) HAS A BROKEN SCREW. PATIENT IS REPORTING SOME SYMPTOMS, SO THEY ARE GETTING A CT TO ASSESS FOR FUSION BETWEEN THE TWO PROXIMAL LEVELS. ON 11-AUG-2024 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED. THE SCREW AT T11 BROKE. PATIENT IS EXPERIENCING BACK PAIN. PATIENT IS SCHEDULED FOR A VIDEO VISIT ON (B)(6) 2024. THE SCREW THAT BROKE IN THIS CASE WAS AN OFF THE SHELF POLYAXIAL SCREW; NOT MANUFACTURED BY APIFIX. APIFIX HAS NOTIFIED THE SCREW MANUFACTURER OF THE BREAK.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 19960435 ↗
  • MalfunctionJul 14, 2024Migration; Migration

    ON (B)(6) 2024 DURING MONITORING OF THE PAS, APIFIX IDENTIFIED THAT PATIENT #(B)(6)) VISITED THE CLINIC ON (B)(6) 2024 WHERE REPORTEDLY THE MOST DISTAL PROXIMAL SCREW MIGRATED AND IS NOW IN THE RIB HEAD'. THE PLAN IS DO SURGICAL TREATMENT BY REMOVING THE DEVICE AND/OR DOING PSF.  FAMILY TO CALL OFFICE WHEN DECISION IS MADE ON HOW THEY WANT TO PROCEED.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 19737330 ↗
  • MalfunctionJul 8, 2024Break; Break

    ON 16-JUN-2024 DURING MONITORING OF THE PAS, APIFIX IDENTIFIED THAT PATIENT # (B)(6) (PAS# (B)(6)) VISITED THE CLINIC ON (B)(6) 2024 WHERE THE PATIENT REPORTEDLY HAD 'AGGRAVATION OF A POST-OP CONDITION', SPECIFICALLY 'INCREASING CREPITANCE AND DISCOMFORT OVER DISTAL SCREW, IMPLANT APPEARS TO BE FRACTURED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE RATCHET AND SMOOTH ROD. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM PRIOR X-RAY. NO DISLODGMENT. THE DEVICE IS FULLY LENGTHENED. RESIDUAL MAIN CURVE 35° (50° PRIOR TO REVISION SURGERY), ADEQUATE BALANCE.' CONVERSION TO DEFINITIVE POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION, THE EXPECTED PROCEDURE AND POST-OP COURSE WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE PATIENT AND THE FAMILY DURING THE CLINIC VISIT. THE APPROPRIATE RISKS, BENEFITS, AND ALTERNATIVES WERE REVIEWED. PATIENT *AND FAMILY WISH TO PROCEED. SPINAL FUSION SCHEDULED FOR (B)(6) 2024.

    Patient problems: Discomfort

    MAUDE report 19687945 ↗
  • MalfunctionJul 7, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON 12-JUN- 2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT (B)(6) (PAS #086-A017) IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO THE OR ON FRIDAY (B)(6) 2024 FOR APIFIX REMOVAL AND TRANSITION TO POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION. NO REPORT OF PATIENT HARM OR COMPLICATIONS WAS RECEIVED. APIFIX FOLLOWED UP WITH THE REPORTER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO DEVELOP A SECONDARY LUMBAR CURVATURE, THUS THE REASON FOR THE RE-OP.

    Patient problems: Physical Asymmetry

    MAUDE report 19686062 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 21, 2024Break; Break

    ON (B)(6) 2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT (B)(6) REPORTEDLY CAME INTO THE CLINIC DURING THE WEEK WITH A ROD FRACTURE AND A LENKE 5 CURVE. THE PATIENT WAS COMPLETELY ASYMPTOMATIC. NO INJURY OR SPECIFIC EVENT. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, "SOUNDS LIKE THE FAMILY WANTS TO PROCEED WITH ROD EXCHANGE."

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 19149938 ↗
  • MalfunctionApr 15, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Noise, Audible; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Noise, Audible

    ON (B)(6) 2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT (B)(6) (PAS (B)(6) REPORTED EXPERIENCING "POPPING" AND SOME PAIN/DISCOMFORT. THE PATIENT AND DOCTOR HAVE DECIDED TO REMOVE THE DEVICE IN (B)(6) 2024. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT RECEIVED, 'IN THE FALL OF 2023, PATIENT (B)(6) STARTED EXPERIENCING "POPPING" IN HER BACK AND SOME PAIN/DISCOMFORT. WHEN THE PATIENT FLEXES AND EXTENDS, THERE IS SNAPPING AND POPPING NOISES POSSIBLY DUE TO MUSCLES RUBBING OVER THE IMPLANTS. NO ABNORMALITIES WERE SEEN ON X-RAYS AND EXAM; HOWEVER, THE PATIENT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE DEVICE REMOVED. SURGERY WILL OCCUR IN (B)(6) 2024.'

    Patient problems: Discomfort; Pain

    MAUDE report 19103433 ↗
  • MalfunctionMar 27, 2024Break; Break

    ON (B)(6) 2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT #446 (INDEX PROCEDURE (B)(6) 2020) IS SCHEDULED FOR REVISION SURGERY OF (B)(6) 2024 DUE TO A BROKEN ROD (MALE PORTION OF THE RATCHET MECHANISM). MINIMAL SYMPTOMS.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 18984849 ↗
  • MalfunctionFeb 14, 2024Migration; Migration

    DURING MONITORING, AS PART OF THE PAS STUDY, APIFIX IDENTIFIED ON (B)(6) 2024 THAT PATIENT (B)(6) (PAS (B)(6) WAS SCHEDULED FOR A REMOVAL SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024 DUE TO SCREW PULL-OUT AND SUBSEQUENT IMPLANT MIGRATION. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, 'THE MOST DISTAL OF THE PROXIMAL SCREWS HAS PLOWED THROUGH THE PEDICLE CAUSING INCREASE IN THE KITE ANGLE'.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 18701639 ↗
  • MalfunctionFeb 14, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6)2023, APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT (B)(6) HAS DEVELOPED SIGNIFICANT PROXIMAL JUNCTIONAL KYPHOSIS, PJK, ( T8-T10, TREATED WITH EXTENDER LENKE 5) AND THAT THE SURGEON WILL MOST PROBABLY REMOVE THE DEVICE IN 6 MONTHS (~ 3Y POST OP). THE CORRECTION OF THE CURVE IN THE AP IS GOOD PER THE DOCTOR'S MEASUREMENTS. ON (B)(6) 2024 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT (B)(6) WOULD BE HAVING THEIR APIFIX DEVICE REMOVED AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE SURGEON WANTED TO MONITOR THE DEVICE FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. IT HAS NOW BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE THAT FOLLOW UP AND THE SURGEON HAS DECIDED TO REMOVE THE DEVICE. DEVICE REMOVED ON (B)(6) 2024; NO REPORT OF PATIENT HARM/COMPLICATIONS WAS RECEIVED.

    Patient problems: Pain; Physical Asymmetry

    MAUDE report 18701591 ↗
  • MalfunctionJan 4, 2024Break; Break

    ON 07-DEC-2023 APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT PATIENT (B)(6) HAS A BROKEN APIFIX SCREW.

    Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

    MAUDE report 18442025 ↗
  • InjuryJan 4, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6) 2023, DURING MONITORING AS PART OF THE PAS STUDY, APIFIX WAS MADE AWARE THAT PATIENT#: (B)(6) WAS SEEN AT THE CLINIC INITIALLY ON (B)(6) 2023 AND DIAGNOSED WITH AN INFLAMED BURSA OVER THE DISTAL 1/3 OF THE INCISION.  WHEN THE PATIENT WAS TOLD TO RETURN TO CLINIC THREE DAYS LATER, SHE DID NOT SHOW. PATIENT REPORTEDLY WENT TO A HOSPITAL ED ON (B)(6)2023 WHERE SHE WAS STARTED ON KEFLEX AND WAS TOLD TO COME BACK TO THE CLINIC. PATIENT WAS SEEN THAT SAME DAY, ON (B)(6) 2023, AND TOLD TO FOLLOW UP IN 1 WEEK WITH THE DOCTOR FOR WOUND CHECK AND CONTINUE THE ANTIBIOTICS. ON 12-DEC-2023, APIFIX RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, "I WOULD CALL THIS MORE OF AN INFECTION.  I MEANT IN THE LAST STATEMENT THAT THE BURSA, WHICH WAS SUPERFICIAL AND FLUID FILLED, BURST ON ITS OWN, DRAINING ALL THE FLUID SINCE BEING INITIALLY SEEN IN THE CLINIC ON (B)(6) 2023. THE DOCTOR THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH HER ON (B)(6) AND NOTED AN OPEN SINUS TRACT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER INCISION WHERE THE BURSA WAS LOCATED." ON 14-DEC-2023, APIFIX WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE PATIENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DEBRIDEMENT OF SPINE WITH REMOVAL OF HARDWARE ON (B)(6) 2023.

    Patient problems: Post Operative Wound Infection

    MAUDE report 18441766 ↗

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