FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE HYBRID VASCULAR GRAFT

MDR report key: 2366763 · Received December 2, 2011

Report

Report Number
2017233-2011-00654
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 2, 2011
Report Date
November 30, 2011
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
DSY
PMA / PMN Number
K093934
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

RESULT: THE REVIEW OF THE MFG RECORDS FOR THE DEVICE VERIFIED THAT THE LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2011, A GORE HYBRID VASCULAR GRAFT WAS IMPLANTED IN AN AV ACCESS APPLICATION. THE PROCEDURE WAS IN THE PT'S AUXILIARY VEIN. APPROX TWO WEEKS AFTER IMPLANTATION, THE GRAFT THROMBOSED AND A THROMBECTOMY WAS PERFORMED. THE PHYSICIAN NOTICED BLEEDING FROM TWO HOLES IN THE GRAFT WHERE THE NITINOL REINFORCED SECTION (NRS) MEETS THE EPTFE SECTION. A HEMATOMA WAS FOUND A FEW CENTIMETERS PROXIMAL TO THE NRS. THE HEMATOMA WAS EVACUATED. A COVERED STENT WAS IMPLANTED TO STOP THE BLEEDING. THREE DAYS AFTER THE INTERVENTION, THE PT HAD ARM SWELLING DUE TO THE HEMATOMA, THE GRAFT WAS EXPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2011. REPORTEDLY, THE GRAFT HAD NOT BEEN CANNULATED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE HYBRID VASCULAR GRAFT DSY / PROSTHESIS VASCULAR GRAFT DSY W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES WLG417 8965513

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 79 YR Required Intervention