FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 1250484 · Received November 26, 2008

Report

Report Number
MW5009099
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 26, 2008
Date of Event
November 7, 2008
Report Date
November 19, 2008
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC
Product Code
LIT
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT HAD A PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY TO RIGHT RENAL ARTERY. DURING PROCEDURE, CUTTING BALLOON WOULD NOT DEFLATE. EVENTUALLY ABLE TO DEFLATE BALLOON AND REMOVES DEVICE AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. PT EXPERIENCED SOME POST-OPERATIVE BLEEDING WITH A DROP IN HEMOGLOBIN. PT WAS STABILIZED AND DISCHARGED TO HOME IN 2008. PT WAS TO HAVE A PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY OF THE RIGHT RENAL ARTERY. A PERIPHERAL CUTTING BALLOON WAS USED IN THE COURSE OF THIS PROCEDURE. THIS CUTTING BALLOON DID NOT DEFLATE AS EXPECTED. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DEFLATE THE BALLOON WERE ATTEMPTED. WHEN THE BALLOON WAS REMOVED, THE SHEATH WAS NOTED TO BE SPLIT. THE PT DID EXPERIENCE POST PROCEDURE BLEEDING THAT WAS EVENTUALLY CONTROLLED. THE PT EXPERIENCED NO LONG TERM HARM, AND WAS DISCHARGED TO HOME. DATES OF USE: 2008. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: RIGHT RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS. EVENT ABATED AFTER USE STOPPED OR DOSE REDUCED: YES. EVENT APPEARED AFTER REINTRODUCTION: NO.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 * PERIPHERAL CUTTING BALLOON LIT BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PCB5020135 EJ5288
2 PERIPHERAL CUTTING BALLOON LIT BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PCBS020135 062708

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Required Intervention