FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR

MDR report key: 1872768 · Received October 14, 2010

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2010-07967
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 14, 2010
Date of Event
July 8, 2010
Report Date
September 14, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
MHY
PMA / PMN Number
P960009
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GM
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN SPECIFIC DEVICE INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE OR TO MATCH THE EVENTS REPORTED WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE, SEVERAL EVENTS OCCURRED IN ONE PATIENT. AT THIS TIME, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LITERATURE: GRUBER D, KUHN AA, SHOENECKER T, ET AL. PALLIDAL AND THALAMIC DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN MYOCLONUS-DYSTONIA. MOV DISORD. AUG 15 2010; 25(11):1733-1743. SUMMARY: THE AUTHORS INVESTIGATED SHORT- AND LONG TERM EFFECTS ON MOTOR FUNCTION, COGNITION, AFFECTIVE STATE, AND QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL) OF GPI- AND VIM-DBS IN MYOCLONUS-DYSTONIA (MD). TEN MD PATIENTS WERE EVALUATED PRE- AND POST-SURGERY BETWEEN 1997 AND 2009. BOTH GPI- AND VIM-DBS ARE EFFECTIVE. THERE WERE FEWER ADVERSE, STIMULATION INDUCED EVENTS WITH GPI-DBS IN COMPARISON WITH VIM-DBS. THERE WERE 18 REVERSIBLE STIMULATION-DEPENDENT ADVERSE EVENTS (AE) IN THE VIM GROUP WHICH RESOLVED BY ADAPTATION OF PARAMETERS; THESE INCLUDE DYSARTHRIA, DYSPHAGIA, DYSGEUSIA, WORSENING DYSTONIA, HEADACHE, GAIT DISTURBANCE, DYSAESTHESIAS. THERE WERE 4 EVENTS EXPERIENCED BY THE GPI GROUP; THESE WERE NAUSEA AND PHOSPHENE. IT WAS UNCLEAR WHICH PATIENTS EXPERIENCED WHICH ADVERSE EVENT; HOWEVER, NO SERIOUS LONG-LASTING STIMULATION-RELATED AE'S WERE OBSERVED. REPORTABLE EVENT: PATIENT 1 OF 10 RECEIVED BILATERAL VIM-ELECTRODES; THIS PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN INFECTION OF THE IPG EIGHT YEARS POST SURGERY AND REQUIRED AN EXPLANTATION. THE SOURCE LITERATURE DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH DEVICE MODELS WERE USED FOR THE DIFFERENT PATIENTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNKNOWN DEEP BRAIN STIMULATOR MHY MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION IPGNEURO NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Required Intervention UNKNOWN CONVERSTION TYPE: MODEL LEADN, LOT# UNK| PROGRAMMER: MODEL PROGRAMMER, LOT# UNKNOWN| UNKNOWN CONVERSION TYPE: MODEL LEADN, LOT# UNK| EXPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| IMPLANTED:| EXPLANTED: