FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2100706 · Received May 18, 2011

Report

Report Number
2953200-2011-01010
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 18, 2011
Report Date
April 19, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (CALCIFIED ILIAC ARTERIES), (STENT GRAFT MIGRATION, STENT GRAFT KINKING).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM ON AN UNK DATE. ANEURYSM AND VESSEL MORPHOLOGY AT THE TIME OF IMPLANT STATES THAT THE ANATOMY WAS VERY ANEURYSMAL AT THE RENALS. THE ILIACS WERE VERY CALCIFIED AND THE PT WAS A HIGH RISK. THE CALCIFIED ILIACS MADE THE CUT DOWN DIFFICULT. THE DEVICE CAUGHT ON CALCIUM ON THE WAY OUT. THERE WAS KINK IN THE GRAFT DUE TO THE HEAVILY CALCIFIED PORTION OF THE AORTIC BIFURCATION. THE STENT GRAFT STRUGGLED COMING OUT BUT EVENTUALLY HE WAS ABLE TO UNSHEATH IT. THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED ON A SHORTER LIMB WHICH WAS DEPLOYED WELL. THE DEVICE HAS REPORTEDLY MIGRATED FROM PREVIOUS ANGIOS DONE LAST YEAR AND IT NOW APPEARS AS IF THE ANCHORING PINS ARE PRESSING INTO THE WALL OF THE RENAL ARTERY. THIS PT NOW HAS WORSENING RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS. THERE ARE NO ENDOLEAKS. NO CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED AND THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC IRELAND NA V00433591

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR