FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OCTRODE PERCUTANEOUS LEAD

MDR report key: 1910245 · Received November 18, 2010

Report

Report Number
1627487-2010-03293
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 18, 2010
Date of Event
September 21, 2010
Report Date
October 21, 2010
Manufacturer
ST JUDE MEDICAL - NEUROMODULATION DIV
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P010032
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SJM HAS LIMITED INFORMATION RELATED TO THE PATIENT'S MEDICAL HISTORY AND IS UNABLE TO FORM AN OPINION AS TO THE RELEVANCY OF THE PATIENT'S HISTORY TO THE EVENT REPORTED. SJM DEFERS TO THE PATIENT'S PHYSICIAN REGARDING MEDICAL HISTORY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH PERCUTANEOUS LEADS ON (B)(6) 2007 FOR BACK AND BILATERAL HIP AND LEG PAIN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING A RECENT FUSION PROCEDURE, SHE NO LONGER FELT STIMULATION. INSTEAD, SHE WAS EXPERIENCING A SHOCKING SENSATION THROUGHOUT HER BODY. AN X-RAY REVEALED THAT BOTH OF THE PATIENT'S LEADS HAD MIGRATED, WITH ONE COMPLETELY OUT OF THE EPIDURAL SPACE. SURGICAL INTERVENTION WILL BE UNDERTAKEN TO REPOSITION THE LEADS; HOWEVER, A DATE FOR THE PROCEDURE HAS NOT BEEN SET.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OCTRODE PERCUTANEOUS LEAD SPINAL CORD STIMULATION LEAD LGW ST JUDE MEDICAL - NEUROMODULATION DIV 3186 68484

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention