FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

WALLFLEX ESOPHAGEAL

MDR report key: 21048435 · Received December 31, 2024

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2024-06686
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 31, 2024
Date of Event
December 5, 2024
Report Date
December 31, 2024
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
Product Code
ESW
UDI-DI
08714729778073
PMA / PMN Number
K091510
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SF
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

IMDRF DEVICE CODE A1502 CAPTURES THE REPORTABLE EVENT OF STENT POSITIONING ISSUE.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A WALLFLEX ESOPHAGEAL FULLY COVERED STENT WAS TO BE IMPLANTED IN THE ESOPHAGO-GASTRIC JUNCTION (OGJ) TO TREAT AN APPROXIMATELY 6CM MALIGNANT STRICTURE DURING A STENT PLACEMENT PROCEDURE PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2024. THE PATIENT'S ANATOMY WAS TORTUOUS AND WAS NOT DILATED PRIOR TO STENT PLACEMENT. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE STENT WAS DEPLOYED, AND THE DELIVERY SYSTEM WAS REMOVED; HOWEVER, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STENT WAS PLACED PROXIMAL TO THE STRICTURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE STENT WAS PUSHED DOWN USING A GRASPER, BUT IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE STENT WAS THEN REMOVED WITH THE SAME GRASPER. THE PROCEDURE WAS CANCELLED AS THE PHYSICIAN DECIDED NOT TO PLACE ANOTHER STENT. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1782790 WALLFLEX ESOPHAGEAL PROSTHESIS, ESOPHAGEAL ESW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION M00516740 0033328321 08714729778073

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Required Intervention