FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ONYX AVM

MDR report key: 2010322 · Received March 8, 2011

Report

Report Number
2029214-2011-00046
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 8, 2011
Report Date
February 9, 2011
Manufacturer
EV3 NEUROVASCULAR
Product Code
MFE
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION AS IT WAS CONSUMED IN THE EVENT. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

TREATMENT OF AN AVM. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S AVM WAS TREATED WITH ONYX AND THE CATHETER WAS LEFT INSIDE THE PATIENT DUE TO ENTRAPMENT. THREE YEARS AFTER THE TREATMENT, THE PATIENT CAME BACK AND REPORT THE CATHETER HAS INDUCED PATIENT INJURY DUE TO THE CATHETER WAS LEFT INSIDE THE ARTERY (LEG THROMBOPHLEBITIS AND NECROSIS AT THE LEVEL OF THE HEEL). THE CATHETER WAS REMOVED VIA SURGERY AND THE PATIENT HAS RECOVERED. NO OTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED WITH THE PATIENT AS A RESULT OF THE EVENT. SAME EVENT AS MDR# 2029214-2011-00045.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ONYX AVM LIQUID EMBOLIC MFE EV3 NEUROVASCULAR NOT REPORTED NOT REPORTED

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention