FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TALENT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM - HYDRO

MDR report key: 1192569 · Received October 8, 2008

Report

Report Number
2953200-2008-00905
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 8, 2008
Date of Event
September 17, 2008
Report Date
September 17, 2008
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P070027
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVALUATION RESULTS: ARTERIAL AND VENOUS OCCLUSION. LARGE 'S' SHAPED AORTIC NECK.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A TALENT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. THE AORTIC NECK WAS 30 MM IN DIAMETER AND IT HAD AN ANGULATION OF 25 - 30 DEGREES. ONE CENTIMETER DISTALLY THE AORTIC NECK HAD A REVERSE ANGLE MAKING IT 'S' SHAPED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER THE BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT WAS DEPLOYED AN APEX OF ONE OF THE INFRA-RENAL STENTS LANDED INSIDE THE OSTIUM OF ONE OF THE RENAL ARTERIES. THE PHYSICIAN COMMENTED THIS WAS AN ANATOMICAL ISSUE. ON CT SCAN THE RENAL ARTERIES APPEARED AS THEY WERE DIRECTLY OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO MANUALLY PULL THE BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT DOWN USING THE DELIVERY SYSTEM WHILE THE IPSILATERAL LIMB WAS STILL WITHIN THE GRAFT COVER; HOWEVER, THAT CAUSED MORE OF THE STENT GRAFT TO DEPLOY. THE PHYSICIAN FELT IT WAS BETTER TO NOT INTERVENE ANY FURTHER. ADDITIONAL REVIEW OF THE FILMS FROM THE CASE SHOWED THAT FLOW TO THE RENAL ARTERY DOES NOT APPEAR COMPROMISED; HOWEVER, WITHOUT ULTRASOUND OF A MAGNIFIED VIEW IT WAS DIFFICULT TO ASSES THE PERCENTAGE OF THE OCCLUSION. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PATIENT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TALENT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM - HYDRO MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR NA V00167508

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Required Intervention