FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN STRATA VALVE/SHUNT

MDR report key: 11646761 · Received April 11, 2021

Report

Report Number
2021898-2021-00086
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 11, 2021
Date of Event
January 29, 2021
Report Date
April 11, 2021
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BERNS, J., PRIDDY, B., BELAL, A., SEIBOLD, R. D., ZIELES, K., & JEA, A. (2021). STANDARDIZATION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNT VALVES IN PEDIATRIC HYDROCEPHALUS: AN ANALYSIS OF COST, OPERATIVE TIME, LENGTH OF STAY, AND SHUNT FAILURE.  JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY. PEDIATRICS, 1¿6. HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.3171/2020.8.PEDS20477. MEDTRONIC RECEIVED A LITERATURE ARTICLE IN WHICH THE AIM WAS TO EVALUATE NEW CSF DIVERSION SHUNTS, AS WELL AS SHUNT REVISIONS REQUIRING A NEW VALVE, OR A NEW VALVE AND AT LEAST A NEW PROXIMAL OR DISTAL CATHETER OVER A 1-YEAR PERIOD FROM JANUARY 1, 2016, TO DECEMBER 31, 2016. 181 SHUNT SURGERIES WERE PERFORMED, IN WHICH THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE PATIENT WAS 6.12 YEARS OLD, CONSISTING OF 61 BOYS AND 26 GIRLS. IN THIS ARTICLE 10 SHUNTS WERE INDICATED FOR REVISION WITHIN 12 MONTHS AFTER INDEX SURGERY DUE TO INFECTION, AND 29 SHUNTS DUE TO SHUNT MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
544334 UNKNOWN STRATA VALVE/SHUNT SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY UNKNOWN-S UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention