FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE TEX VASCULAR GRAFT

MDR report key: 2071839 · Received April 21, 2011

Report

Report Number
2017233-2011-00205
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 21, 2011
Report Date
April 20, 2011
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC
Product Code
DSY
PMA / PMN Number
K802095
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EVENT INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE: SUBRAMANIAN K, HASSOUNA A, BAHAL V, WALTER D. PSEUDO ANEURYSM OF A 21 YEAR OLD EPTFE FEMORO-FEMORAL CROSSOVER GRAFT: SUCCESSFUL ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR USING AN EPTFE LINED NITINOL STENT GRAFT. PERSPECTIVES IN VASCULAR SURGERY & ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY 2010;22(4):250-253.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AS STATED IN LITERATURE ARTICLE, THAT AN (B)(6) WOMAN WHO WAS IMPLANTED WITH A 10MM GORE-TEX VASCULAR GRAFT IN A FEMORO-FEMORAL CROSS-OVER BYPASS PROCEDURE IN (B)(6) 1989, PRESENTED 21 YEARS ALTER WITH A RIGHT GROIN LUMP. A PSEUDOANEURYSM WAS LOCATED IN THE GRAFT PROXIMAL TO THE DISTAL ANASTOMOSIS. THE GRAFT WAS WIDELY PATENT. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED ENDOVASCULARLY WITH A 13MM X 8CM GORE VIABAHN ENDOPROSTHESIS TO COVER THE PSEUDOANEURYSM. THE RESULTS WERE EXCELLENT AND SHOWED RESOLUTION OF THE PSEUDOANEURYSM WITH GOOD FLOW THROUGH THE GRAFT AND DISTAL VESSEL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE TEX VASCULAR GRAFT DSY/PROSTHESIS, VASCULAR GRAFT, OF 6MM AND GREATER DIAMETER DSY W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC WLG200

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 80 YR Required Intervention