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EXPEDIUM 179712430Recalls & reported problems

Medos International Sàrl · EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM SI POLYAXIAL SCREW 5.5 x 4.35 x 30mm · Class 2 · Implant

Adverse event reports
3
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
3
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10705034067360), received between Sep 21, 2021 and Aug 27, 2024 — classified as 3 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (2 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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Reports received per month

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Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Break2
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available2
  • Inflammation1
  • Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1
  • Pain1
  • Unspecified Infection1
  • Unspecified Mental, Emotional or Behavioral Problem1
  • Vertebral Fracture1

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryAug 27, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020 IT WAS NOTED THAT SINCE SURGERY AND EXTUBATION, THE PATIENT'S MENTAL STATUS HAS BEEN ALTERED. INITIALLY (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT WAS MORE LETHARGIC BUT BY DOCUMENTATION SEEMED TO HAVE A FLUCTUATING LEVEL OF AROUSAL/ALERTNESS AND SOME DISORIENTATION. STARTING (B)(6) 2020, THE PATIENT HAS HAD PROGRESSIVE WORSENING OF AGITATION, SLEEP DISTURBANCE, AND DISORIENTATION, AS WELL AS NEW HALLUCINATIONS, ILLUSIONS AND DELUSIONS. DURING THIS PERIOD THE PATIENT'S MENTAL STATUS WAS WAXING AND WANING. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. ON (B)(6) 2020, X-RAYS WERE TAKEN WHICH SHOWED MULTIPLE THORACIC BURST/COMPRESSION FRACTURES, MOST SEVERE AT T6. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE SURGEON NOTED THAT: SHE DID FAIRLY WELL EARLY ON REGAINING SOME OF HER NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION SHE HAD LOST THROUGH PHYSICAL THERAPY BUT THEN HAD COLLAPSE THROUGH HER MIDTHORACIC SPINE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE SURGEON NOTED THAT: WE INITIALLY INTERVENED TO STOP THE COLLAPSE OF HER THORACIC FRACTURES BY FUSING HER FROM T3-T9. SHE DID WELL INITIALLY AND THEN QUICKLY HER SOFT TISSUES HAD HER CERVICOTHORACIC JUNCTION FAILED. THIS LEFT US NO CHOICE BUT TO INTERVENE BY FUSING BETWEEN THE 2 P

    Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Inflammation; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture; Unspecified Infection; Unspecified Mental, Emotional or Behavioral Problem; Vertebral Fracture

    MAUDE report 20077660 ↗
  • InjuryApr 8, 2022Break; Break

    ON (B)(6) 2016 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE PRIMARY PSF PROCEDURE (TH7-TH12) FOR TREATING CONGENITAL SCOLIOSIS. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SCREW HAD BROKEN OFF DURING A CHECKUP FOR AN UPCOMING REVISION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2022. THE PATIENT IS EXPECTED TO UNDERGO A REVISION PROCEDURE AS SCHEDULED.

    Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

    MAUDE report 14057451 ↗
  • InjurySep 21, 2021Break; Break

    IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT REPORTED PAIN AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE REVISION PROCEDURE.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 12506939 ↗

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Sources: FDA GUDID, MAUDE and Medical Device Recalls via openFDA. openFDA data is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.