FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1972270 · Received January 20, 2011

Report

Report Number
2953161-2011-00015
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 20, 2011
Date of Event
November 23, 2010
Report Date
January 19, 2011
Manufacturer
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P020004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A REVIEW OF THE MFG PAPERWORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED. THE REVIEW OF THE MFG PAPERWORK VERIFIED THAT THIS LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6), 2006, THIS PT UNDERWENT TREATMENT FOR AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH THREE GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESES. ON (B)(6), 2010, FOLLOW-UP IMAGING REPORTEDLY DEMONSTRATED AN UNSPECIFIED ENDOLEAK WITH ANEURYSM ENLARGEMENT OF 13 MM. ON (B)(6), 2011, AN INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED TO TREAT THE ENDOLEAK. AS REPORTED, IT WAS THOUGHT THE ENDOLEAK WAS A DISTAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK, SO THE LEFT COMMON ILIAC ARTERY WAS EXTENDED WITH AN ADDITIONAL CONTRALATERAL LEG COMPONENT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ADDITIONAL INTRA-OPERATIVE ANGIOGRAPHY AGAIN SHOWED AN ENDOLEAK. IT WAS REPORTEDLY DETERMINED THAT THE ENDOLEAK PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AS A TYPE I WAS ACTUALLY A TYPE II ORIGINATING FROM A LUMBAR ARTERY AND FEEDING INTO THE ANEURYSM SAC. AS REPORTED, THE LUMBAR ARTERY WAS COIL EMBOLIZED, AND FINAL ANGIOGRAPHY DEMONSTRATED NO EVIDENCE OF ENDOLEAK. THE PT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS MIH/SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. WLG325 04359601

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 84 YR Hospitalization| R (B)(4)| ATENOLOL| ZOLOFT| (B)(4)| LIPITOR| HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE