FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR

MDR report key: 1159260 · Received September 12, 2008

Report

Report Number
2182207-2008-05671
Event Type
Death
Date Received
September 12, 2008
Report Date
August 15, 2008
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

JOURNAL REFERENCE: YORK MK, DULAY M, MACIAS A, ET AL. COGNITIVE DECLINED FOLLOWING BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE. J NEUROL NEUROSURG PSYCHIATRY. 2008; 79(7): 789-795. WE INVESTIGATED THE COGNITIVE AND PSYCHIATRIC OUTCOME 6 MONTHS AFTER BILATERAL SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS) FOR THE TREATMENT OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD) USING A DISEASE CONTROL GROUP. TWENTY THREE PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT DBS WERE COMPARED WITH 28 MEDICALLY TREATED PATIENTS WITH PD AT BASELINE AND AT 6 MONTHS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL MEASURES. REPORTABLE EVENT: ONE PATIENT WHO DID NOT RETURN FOR THEIR 6 MONTH FOLLOW-UP DUE TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE ANALYSES. THE FIRST PATIENT WAS A MAN, DIAGNOSED WITH PD 7 YEARS EARLIER, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE 4 MONTHS AFTER HIS DBS SURGERY. HE DID NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS OR SUICIDAL IDEATION PRIOR TO SURGERY. SEE MFG REPORT 2182207200805638.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR MHY MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION UNK NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR Death| O LEAD MODEL UNK N=2| EXTENSION MODEL UNK N=2| PROGRAMMER MODEL UNK N=1