EXPEDIUM 179771055Recalls & reported problems
Medos International Sàrl · EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM PRE-BENT SPINAL ROD 5.5 x 55mm · Class 2 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 1
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10705034077598), received between Jun 30, 2021 and Jun 30, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (1 report).
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 16, 2026.
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Migration1
Patient problems
- Nerve Damage1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 30, 2021Migration; Migration
ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2019 THE SURGEON PERFORMED A L5-S1 LAMINECTOMY AND DECOMPRESSION WITH L5-S1 FUSION ON PATIENT AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL IN (B)(6). SHORTLY AFTER THE SURGERY, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF TIGHTNESS AND A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS LEFT LEG AND SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND BACK OF HIS LEFT LEG. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2019, PATIENT'S CT OF LUMBAR SPINE SHOWED THAT THE L5 PEDICLE SCREW HAD DEVIATED LATERALLY OUT THE SIDE OF THE VERTEBRAL BODY AND WAS IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH A NEARBY NERVE ROOT. ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2019, SURGEON PERFORMED A L5-S1 FUSION EXPLORATION ON PATIENT AND ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION THE L5 PEDICLE SCREW MORE LATERALLY. WHEN THE L5 SCREW COULD NOT BE REPOSITIONED, BOTH THE L5 AND S1 PEDICLE SCREWS WERE REMOVED, HOWEVER DUE TO IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE L5 PEDICLE SCREW PATIENT SUFFERED PROGRESSIVE AND PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE RESULTING TO CHRONIC PAIN AND WEAKNESS AND LOSS FUNCTION IN HIS LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY. CONCOMITANT DEVICE REPORTED: SINGLE-INNER SETSCREW (PART # 179702000, LOT # UNKNOWN, QUANTITY# 1); SI POLYAXL SCREW 7 X 45MM (PART # 179712745 , LOT # UNKNOWN, QUANTITY# 1); SI POLYAXL SCREW 7 X 35MM (PART # 179712735, LOT # UNKNOWN, QUANTITY# 1). THIS COMPLAINT
Patient problems: Nerve Damage; Pain
MAUDE report 12097522 ↗
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- CREO 1119.0010Globus Medical, Inc. · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION80 reports
- VIPER 186731745Medos International Sàrl · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION43 reports
- CD HORIZON® Spinal System 1553201090Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION38 reports
- EXPEDIUM 179902000Medos International Sàrl · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION37 reports
- CD HORIZON® Spinal System 7540220Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc. · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION36 reports
- EXPEDIUM VERSE 199721640Medos International Sàrl · ORTHOSIS, SPINAL PEDICLE FIXATION35 reports
Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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