FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WALLSTENT RX BILIARY ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1153308 · Received September 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04347
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 5, 2008
Date of Event
April 17, 2003
Report Date
August 8, 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 EVALUATION, THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. A REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS REPORTED FOR THIS PRODUCT FAMILY FOUND A NEUTRAL TREND FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 2008 TO JULY 2008.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT BY BILIARY STENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROX 1 YEAR AND 4 MONTHS POST AN RX WALLSTENT PERMALUME 10MM X 40MM STENT PLACEMENT IN THE DISTAL COMMON BILE DUCT (CBD), IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STENT HAD MIGRATED. THE PT UNDERWENT THE STENT REMOVAL PROCEDURE AT WHICH TIME IT WAS NOTED THAT "40% OF THE STENT WAS VISIBLE IN THE LUMEN." THE STENT WAS REMOVED UTILIZING AN UNSPECIFIED SNARE AND A 2ND RX WALLSTENT PERMALUME 10MM X 40MM STENT WAS PLACED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PT'S CONDITION RESOLVED WITH THE STENT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT.

Devices

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

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 57 YR Required Intervention