FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDOLOGIX STENT GRAFT

MDR report key: 2299680 · Received October 11, 2011

Report

Report Number
MW5022633
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 11, 2011
Date of Event
September 12, 2011
Report Date
October 11, 2011
Manufacturer
ENDOLOGIX
Product Code
MIH
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING ENDOGRAFT REPAIR OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM (AAA) USING THE ENDOLOGIX AFX ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE AND AFTER DEPLOYMENT OF THE LEFT ILIAC LIMB EXTENSION. WE WERE TRYING TO RETRIEVE THE NOSE CONE OF THE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE, WE REALIZED THERE WAS RESISTANCE TO RETRIEVAL AND THERE WAS A GIVING DURING THE PROCEDURE. THEN WE SAW ON FLUOROSCOPY THAT THE NOSE CONE HAD FRACTURED FROM THE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE. THE NOSE CONE WAS RETRIEVED ENDOVASCULARLY USING A SNARE WITH SOME DIFFICULTY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ENDOLOGIX STENT GRAFT ILIAC LIMB EXTENSION MIH ENDOLOGIX IS20-25/C55 W11-3652-008

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR Required Intervention