FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

ENTERRA II IPG

MDR report key: 18004556 · Received October 25, 2023

Report

Report Number
3027386225-2023-00014
Event Type
Death
Date Received
October 25, 2023
Date of Event
March 25, 2023
Report Date
July 24, 2023
Manufacturer
ENTERRA MEDICAL, INC.
Product Code
LNQ
UDI-DI
00763000449704
PMA / PMN Number
H990014
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

THE PATIENT HAD AN UNEVENTFUL GASTRIC STIMULATOR PLACEMENT. SHE HAD STOMACH TO ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL ADHESIONS THAT WERE TAKEN DOWN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CASE. THE LEADS WERE PLACED INTO THE DESIGNATED AREA OF THE STOMACH. AN EGD WAS PERFORMED, AND THE PATIENT HAD SOME RETAINED FOOD IN THE STOMACH, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON. THE SCOPE WAS USED TO GENTLY MOVE THE FOOD ASIDE SO THE AREA OPPOSING THE LEADS COULD BE VISUALIZED. THE REMAINDER OF THE CASE WAS STANDARD, INCLUDING SEWING THE LEADS INTO PLACE AND PLACING THE BATTERY. THE FOLLOWING MORNING THAT PATIENT COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. SHE WENT TO (B)(6). THERE SHE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE A PERFORATION. SHE BECAME SEPTIC LATER THAT NIGHT AND CODED. SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE OPERATING ROOM AND FOUND TO HAVE A PERFORATION SO THE DEVICE WAS REMOVED DUE TO CONTAMINATION. SHE REMAINED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND DIED THE FOLLOWING DAY. THERE IS NO ASSOCIATION OF HER DEATH WITH THE STIMULATOR DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1022944 ENTERRA II IPG GASTRIC STIMULATOR LNQ ENTERRA MEDICAL, INC. 37800 N/A 00763000449704

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Female Death