Description of Event or Problem · 1
A TALENT THORACIC STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF POLYTRAUMATIC INJURIES, INCLUDING A CONTAINED AORTIC RUPTURE INDUCED BY THORACIC BLUNT TRAUMA. THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED IN THE JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY 2008; 47: 1195-1202, JUNE 2008. THE STENT GRAFTS WERE IMPLANTED BETWEEN 2001 AND 2007. IT WAS REPORTED THE PT PRESENTED WITH POLYTRAUMATIC INJURIES, INCLUDING A CONTAINED AORTIC RUPTURE INDUCED BY THORACIC BLUNT TRAUMA. AFTER INITIAL SUCCESSFUL ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR, THE PT UNDERWENT EMERGENCY CONVERSION BECAUSE OF DELAYED RUPTURE 31 DAYS LATER. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT A CT SCAN CONFIRMED DEVICE MIGRATION. THE PT WAS TREATED BY AN EMERGENCY PROCEDURE INVOLVING HEMI ARCH AND DESCENDING AORTIC REPLACEMENT. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PT HAD EXPIRED.