Safety in Focus

When a safety story about a medicine, device or therapy that spine teams meet starts to spread, we put the official sources in one place, with a short summary, what is still unknown and where to report. Each briefing says who it is written for.

• Official sources first: regulators and manufacturers, then national clinical bodies and patient organisations, then published papers.
• AI-assisted summary: each summary is drafted with the help of AI and read by an editor. It is labelled as such and may contain errors, so always check the original sources and use your own judgement.
• Patients and families: these pages are written for clinicians. Talk to your treating team before acting on anything here.
• Updates: every briefing is re-checked each week and shows the date it was last checked.

For device recalls and safety notices, see Regulatory Watch. To report a problem, see Report a Device Problem. Corrections and suggestions: spinalfrontiers@nspine.com.