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EXPEDIUM 179788635Recalls & reported problems

Medos International Sàrl · EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 x 6.0 x 35mm · Class 2 · Implant

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

Adverse event reports
18
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
18
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 18 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10705034081380), received between Jan 10, 2024 and May 16, 2024 — classified as 18 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Slipped” (17 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: 0 reportsDec 2023: 0 reportsJan 2024: 1 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 0 reportsMay 2024: 17 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 0 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 0 reportsDec 2024: 0 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 reports20242025202617
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Device Slipped17
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Deformity/ Disfigurement17
  • Necrosis17
  • Pain17
  • Spinal Cord Injury17
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

The 18 most recent of 18 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 10 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338140 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 7 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO THI

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338138 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 9 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338137 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 4 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338136 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 6 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338135 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 5 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO THI

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338134 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 8 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO THIS

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338133 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 3 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO THIS

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338132 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338131 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 5 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO TH

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338130 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO TH

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338129 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 3 OF 10 FOR (B)(6). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO THIS

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338126 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 4 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338125 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338120 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6), 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6), 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO T

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338119 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 2 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO THIS

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338105 ↗
  • InjuryMay 16, 2024Device Slipped; Device Slipped

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2020 A DEPUY SPINAL WAS USED IN PATIENT SURGERY. UPON INFORMATION, THE PRODUCT USED IN PATIENT SURGERY INCLUDE DEPUY EXPEDIUM, COBALT CHROMIUM RODS, UNIAXIAL PEDICLE SCREWS, DEPUY SPINE SCREWS, ROD VIPER STRAIGHT AND OR OTHER ASSOCIATED DEVICES. THE PATIENT HAD SOME PAIN POSTOPERATIVELY AND ALSO HAD DESCRIPTIONS OF CRACKING AND POPPING INVOLVING HER LUMBOSACRAL SPINE. X-RAY REVEALED A DISENGAGEMENT OF THE LEFT-SIDED ROD FROM HER L3 PEDICLE SCREW AND THE PATIENT'S CORONAL BALANCE ALSO APPEARED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED. PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUSTAIN SEVERE, SERIOUS, PERMANENT INJURIES THAT HAD RENDERED HER SICK LORE, LAME AND DISABLED. ALSO NOTED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED NECROSIS. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REINSERTION OF SPINAL FIXATION DEVICE WITH REVISION OF INSTRUMENTATION DUE TO POSTERIOR INSTRUMENTED SPINAL FUSION HARDWARE FAILURE. ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISIONAL DEBRIDEMENT OF SKIN INCLUDING THE SUBCUTANEOUS LEVEL AND FASCIA, RIGHT SIDE AND LEFT SIDE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4). ADDITIONAL IMPACTED PRODUCTS RELATED TO THIS

    Patient problems: Deformity/ Disfigurement; Necrosis; Pain; Spinal Cord Injury

    MAUDE report 19338102 ↗
  • InjuryJan 10, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    DEVICE REPORT FROM JAPAN REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, AN UNKNOWN SURGERY WAS PERFORMED FOR ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS. AFTER THE SURGERY ON 18-DECEMBER-2023, AN INFECTION WAS CONFIRMED ON THE CONCAVE SIDE. A REVISION PROCEDURE WAS SCHEDULED FOR AND PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2023. THE SET SCREWS ON T2, 3, 4, AND 5 ON THE LEFT WERE REMOVED. THE ROD WHERE THE SET SCREWS WERE REMOVED WERE CUT AND REMOVED. FOUR UNIPLANAR SCREWS WERE REMOVED ON THE LEFT OF T2-T5. THE AFFECTED AREA WAS WASHED, AND A HOOK WAS PLACED ON T2. A SIDE-SIDE CONNECTOR WAS INSTALLED AT THE UPPER END OF T5, AND TITANIUM ROD CONNECTION WAS PERFORMED BETWEEN T2 AND T5. THE WOUND WAS CLOSED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR AN EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 X 6.0 X 35MM. THIS IS REPORT 6 OF 10 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 18484970 ↗

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