FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WALLSTENT RX BILIARY ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1153357 · Received September 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2008-04350
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 5, 2008
Date of Event
November 20, 2003
Report Date
August 7, 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 STENTS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS POST AN RX WALLSTENT PERMALUME 10MM X 80MM STENT PLACEMENT IN THE MID COMMON BILE DUCT (CBD), THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED RECURRENT OBSTRUCTIVE SYMPTOMS DUE TO MISPLACEMENT AND STENT MIGRATION. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A STENT REMOVAL PROCEDURE AT WHICH TIME IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STENT HAD MIGRATED TO THE DUODENUM AND WAS REMOVED UTILIZING AN UNSPECIFIED SNARE AND EXTRACTION BALLOON. A WALLSTENT PERMALUME 10MM X 40MM STENT WAS PLACED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT'S CONDITION RESOLVED WITH STENT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT.

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 72 YR Required Intervention