FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2201745 · Received August 5, 2011

Report

Report Number
2953200-2011-01401
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 5, 2011
Date of Event
July 18, 2011
Report Date
July 18, 2011
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). EVAL, RESULTS: (GRAFT OCCLUSION).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF A 5 CM ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. ILIAC VESSELS WERE 10-14 MM IN DIAMETER ON THE RIGHT AND 9-14 MM IN DIAMETER ON THE LEFT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER THE STENT GRAFTS WERE IMPLANTED, THERE WAS AN ATYPICAL TYPE OF ENDOLEAK AT THE LEVEL OF THE HIPS OF THE BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT HIP; IT WAS UNK WHETHER THIS WAS A TYPE II OR A TYPE III ENDOLEAK. THE PHYSICIAN TRIED REPEATED BALLOONING WITH BALLOONS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURERS; HOWEVER, THE ENDOLEAK WAS STILL PRESENT. CONTRAST WENT THROUGH THE STENT GRAFT COMPLETELY, AND THERE APPEARED TO BE A MINOR JET; IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THIS WAS ON THE IPSILATERAL SIDE OR THE CONTRALATERAL SIDE. NO FURTHER INTERVENTION WAS DONE, AND THE DECISION WAS MADE TO MONITOR THE PT. APPROXIMATELY 1.5 WEEKS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PT PRESENTED WITH A COLD RIGHT FOOT. A CTA WAS PERFORMED; AND THE CONTRALATERAL LIMB WAS FOUND TO HAVE THROMBOSED WITH MONOPHASIC (50-99% DIAMETER STENOSIS) FLOW IN THE COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY. THE PHYSICIAN ELECTED TO PERFORM AN EMBOLECTOMY AND PLACED ANOTHER MANUFACTURER'S STENT INSIDE THE LIMB, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED THE LIMB OCCLUSION. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE ENDOLEAK HAD RESOLVED WITHOUT INTERVENTION. NO ADDITIONAL CLINICAL SEQUELAE WERE REPORTED, AND THE PT IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENDURANT ABDOMINAL STENT GRAFT SYSTEM MIH MEDTRONIC CARDIOVASCULAR GALWAY NA V00871044

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Required Intervention