FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNK EXTERNAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1910378 · Received November 18, 2010

Report

Report Number
2021898-2010-00305
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 18, 2010
Date of Event
February 1, 2008
Report Date
October 20, 2010
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
UNK
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
UNKNOWN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THESE REPORTABLE EVENTS WERE IDENTIFIED DURING REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. THE ARTICLE CONTAINED ONLY LIMITED AND NON-SPECIFIC DEVICE AND PT INFORMATION. CONTACT WITH THE CORRESPONDING AUTHOR HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN YIELDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INDIVIDUAL EVENTS. THE EVENTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE LITERATURE COULD NOT BE MATCHED TO INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY. THE DESCRIBED FAILURE RATES WERE WITHIN EXPECTED RANGES FOR EVD PROCEDURES. HOEFNAGLE D, DAMMERS R, ET AL RISK FACTORS FOR INFECTIONS RELATED TO EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINAGE. ACTA NEUROCHIRURG 2008; 150: 209-214.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE REVIEWED LITERATURE ARTICLE CONTAINED A STUDY OF 228 PTS WITH EXTERNAL VENTRICULAR DRAINS, CONSISTING OF MEDTRONIC EXTERNAL CSF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS AND UNK CATHETERS. THE SOURCE LITERATURE REPORTED 53 PTS WITH EVD-RELATED INFECTIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNK EXTERNAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 56 YR Hospitalization| R