EXPEDIUM 179788635Recalls & reported problems
Medos International Sàrl · EXPEDIUM SPINE SYSTEM UNIPLANAR SCREW 5.5 x 6.0 x 35mm · Class 2 · Implant
All models of EXPEDIUM (291)
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
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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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
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