FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT

MDR report key: 1143711 · Received August 29, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04227
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 29, 2008
Date of Event
July 22, 2008
Report Date
July 30, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
MEQ
PMA / PMN Number
P030006
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE SUSPECT DEVICE, A PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVAL. A DEVICE ANALYSIS CANNOT BE PERFORMED; THEREFORE, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED EVENT IS UNDETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON JULY 30, 2008, IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT WAS USED DURING A BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA (BPH) PROCEDURE ON EIGHT DAYS EARLIER. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE PROCEDURE, THERE WAS A LOW-LEVEL ERROR MESSAGE AND THE COMPRESSION BALLOON HAD A LEAK. LATER THAT NIGHT, THE PT EXPERIENCED URINARY RETENTION AND WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM (FACILITY UNKNOWN). A FOLEY CATHETER WAS PLACED AND SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED A WEEK LATER AT A FOLLOW-UP VISIT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION WAS REPORTED AS "FINE."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROLIEVE THERMODILATATION KIT MEQ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization| O