FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WALLSTENT RX BILIARY ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1143703 · Received August 29, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04153
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 29, 2008
Date of Event
June 6, 2005
Report Date
August 1, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
FGE
PMA / PMN Number
K012752
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVAL, THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFO FROM THAT REVIEW, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT BY BILIARY STENTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 8 DAYS POST AN RX WALLSTENT PERMALUME 10MM X 80MM STENT PLACEMENT "ACROSS AN ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS" IN AN UNSPECIFIED LOCATION, THE STENT WAS REMOVED FOR UNSPECIFIED REASONS. DURING REMOVAL, INTIMAL HYPERPLASIA WAS NOTED ON THE COVERED PORTION OF THE STENT. THE PT HAD AN UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY FOR ELEVATED LIVER FUNCTION TESTS (LFT'S), HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF BILIARY OBSTRUCTION. NO FURTHER INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED THE PATIENT'S STATUS IS UNKNOWN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 WALLSTENT RX BILIARY ENDOPROSTHESIS FGE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC M00569720

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 42 YR Required Intervention