FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PRECISION

MDR report key: 1936031 · Received December 10, 2010

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2010-02097
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 10, 2010
Date of Event
November 15, 2010
Report Date
November 15, 2010
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P030017
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT A PT EXPERIENCED SEROMA AND SKIN EROSION AT THE IPG SITE. THE PT WAS EXPERIENCING PUS AND PURULENT DISCHARGE, AND THE IPG WAS VISIBLE THROUGH A SMALL HOLE IN THE SKIN. THE PHYSICIAN SUSPECTS INFECTION, ALTHOUGH THE PHYSICIAN DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE WAS DEVICE OR PROCEDURE RELATED. THE PT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE TO EXPLANT THE DEVICE. FOLLOWING THE EXPLANT PROCEDURE, THE PT WAS PRESCRIBED AUGMENTIN AND IS REPORTEDLY DOING WELL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PRECISION SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR LGW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION SC-1110-02 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNK Hospitalization| R MODEL #: SC-2158-70, (B)(4)| LINEAR LEAD, 70 CM WITH PRE-LOADED 0.014" STYLET