FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WALLSTENT RX BILIARY ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1153302 · Received September 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04345
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 5, 2008
Date of Event
May 13, 2004
Report Date
August 7, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
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 EVALUATION, THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT BY BILIARY STENTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROX 3 WEEKS POST AN RX WALLSTENT PERMALUME 10MM X 40MM STENT PLACEMENT IN THE DISTAL COMMON BILE DUCT (CBD), THE PT UNDERWENT A PLANNED STRICTURE REVISION PROCEDURE AT WHICH TIME THE STENT WAS REMOVED. DURING REMOVAL, THE PHYSICIAN NOTED HYPERPLASIA. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE EVENT WAS NOT SERIOUS, MILD IN SEVERITY, AND "DEFINITELY RELATED" TO THE DEVICE. NO COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED DURING THE PROCEDURE AND THE PT'S CURRENT CARE IS REPORTED AS "ONGOING".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 WALLSTENT RX BILIARY ENDOPROSTHESIS FGE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00569700

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 46 YR Required Intervention