FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

WALLFLEX ENTERAL COLONIC STENT WITH ANCHOR LOCK DELIVERY SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1739001 · Received June 28, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2010-00244
Event Type
Death
Date Received
June 28, 2010
Date of Event
July 18, 2008
Report Date
May 22, 2009
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - GALWAY
Product Code
MQR
PMA / PMN Number
K061877
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ES
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B) (6). (B) (4) (MEDICAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED). (B) (4). AS THE UNIT HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED, THE COMPLAINT INVESTIGATION SITE COULD NOT PERFORM A TECHNICAL ANALYSIS. A REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS PERFORMED; NO ANOMALIES WERE NOTED. A SEARCH OF THE COMPLAINT DATABASE REVEALED THAT NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS EXIST FOR THE SPECIFIED LOT. A LABELING REVIEW WAS PERFORMED AND NO ANOMALY WAS FOUND. THE MOST PROBABLE ROOT CAUSE IS ANTICIPATED PROCEDURAL COMPLICATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A WALLFLEX ENTERAL COLONIC STENT WAS USED DURING A STENT PLACEMENT PROCEDURE FOR TREATMENT OF A COLORECTAL STRICTURE AT THE RECTUM DUE TO MALIGNANT NEOPLASM, PERFORMED ON (B) (6) 2008. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, 80 DAYS POST STENT PLACEMENT, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED OBSTRUCTION DUE TO FECAL IMPACTION. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ENDOSCOPIC REPERMEABILIZATION. THE PATIENT DIED ON (B) (6) 2008 WITH A REPORTED CAUSE OF DEATH AS SYSTEMIC INFECTION, PROBABLY URINARY RELATED, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE EVOLUTION OF DISSEMINATED NEOPLASIA. THE PATIENT'S DEATH WAS REPORTED AS NOT RELATED TO A COMPLICATION OF THE STENT, BUT DUE TO A COMPLICATION WITH THE DISSEMINATED NEOPLASIA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 WALLFLEX ENTERAL COLONIC STENT WITH ANCHOR LOCK DELIVERY SYSTEM STENT, COLONIC, METALIC, EXPANDABLE MQR BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - GALWAY M00565050 11535291

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 85 YR Death| R