FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NCOMPASS NITINOL TIPLESS STONE EXTRACTOR

MDR report key: 2230623 · Received August 11, 2011

Report

Report Number
1825146-2011-00032
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 11, 2011
Date of Event
July 4, 2011
Report Date
August 10, 2011
Manufacturer
COOK UROLOGICAL, INC.
Product Code
FFL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GR
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FOR EVAL AT THIS TIME, UPON RECEIPT OF THE DEVICE A F/U REPORT WILL BE SENT. IN VIEWING THE INITIAL INFO RECEIVED, DURING REMOVAL OF THE LARGE (9 MM) STONE, A LACERATION IN THE URETER OCCURRED NOTING THE STONE TO EXIT THE URETER AND WAS NOTED TO BE LOCATED IN THE RETROPERITONEAL SPACE. DURING OPEN SURGERY THE STONE WAS RETRIEVED ALONG WITH THE TREATMENT OF THE URETER WITH URETERO-URETEROSTOMY AND PLACEMENT OF A CATHETER. THE PT DID EXPERIENCE PAIN AND EXTENDED DURATION OF THE URETERAL CATHETER AND FOLEY CATHETER. ADD'L INFO IS BEING REQUESTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPY - PYELOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED AND THE STONE WAS LOCATED (DIAMETER ABOUT 9 MM). THE STONE WAS CAPTURED. DURING ITS EXTRACTION, ALTHOUGH THE FORCE APPLIED WAS MILD, VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE CAPTURED STONE WAS LOST. THE EXTRACTOR WAS THEN MOVED OUT AND ITS WIRES WERE FOUND TO BE SNAPPED IN A CONCAVED SHAPE. THE FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPE WAS REMOVED AND RIGID URETEROSCOPY WAS PERFORMED IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THE SITUATION; THE STONE WAS NOT FOUND IN THE URETER WHILE THE MIDDLE THIRD OF THE URETER ITSELF WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A LACERATION ABOUT 2 CM IN LENGTH. OPEN SURGERY WAS PERFORMED. THE STONE WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE RETROPERITONEAL SPACE. THE URETERAL INJURY WAS RE-EVALUATED AND TREATED WITH URETERO-URETEROSTOMY. FINALLY, AN URETERAL CATHETER WAS PLACED. ADVERSE EFFECTS ON THE PT REPORTED: PAIN RELATED TO THE LAPAROTOMY, LATE REMOVAL OF THE URETERAL CATHETER, LATE REMOVAL OF THE FOLEY CATHETER (EFFECTS UNK).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 NCOMPASS NITINOL TIPLESS STONE EXTRACTOR FFL DISLODGER, STONE, BASKET, URETERAL, METAL FFL COOK UROLOGICAL, INC. NA U1998973

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 77 YR Required Intervention