FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

BARD

MDR report key: 189413 · Received December 23, 1996

Report

Report Number
189413
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 23, 1996
Date of Event
November 5, 1996
Report Date
November 18, 1996
Manufacturer
BARD UROLOGICAL DIVISION/C.R. BARD, INC.
Product Code
KOD
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SAFE MEDICAL DEVICE ACT OF 1990 AS AMENDED TO 1992 IN PUBLIC LAW 002-300 AND AS PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER DECEMBER 11, 1995 AND BY SUBMISSION IS NOT TO BE INTERPRETED AS AN ADMISSION OF NEGLIGENCE OR FAULT ON THE CERVIX MIGRATED OUT A PREVIOUSLY UNK PERFORATION-NECESSITATING SURGICAL REMOVAL FROM THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. 12/19/96 REVISED REPORT: A PERFORATION OF THE PT'S UTERUS OCCURRED DURING A COMPLICATED DILATION OF THE CERVIX. ADDITIONALLY A CATHETER WAS PLACED INTO THE UTERINE CAVITY TO ACT AS A STENT. POSTOPERATIVELY IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE CATHETER MIGRATED THROUGH THE UNBEKNOWNEST PERFORATION REQUIRING LAPAROSCOPIC REMOVAL. MULTIPLE DILATERS RANGING FROM A LACRIMAL PROBE TO NO GREATER THAN A 13MM HAGER DILATOR WAS ATTEMPTED. SINCE IDENTIFIED POSTOPERATIVELY, DEVICE ID OR SUPPLIER IS UNK.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BARD Implant FOLEY CATHETER KOD BARD UROLOGICAL DIVISION/C.R. BARD, INC. * 39FGN033

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 28 YR Hospitalization| R