FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

FLEXIMA APDL DRAINAGE CATHETER

MDR report key: 2568650 · Received May 4, 2012

Report

Report Number
MW5025330
Event Type
Other
Date Received
May 4, 2012
Date of Event
April 2, 2012
Report Date
May 4, 2012
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP
Product Code
FGE
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT SCHEDULED AS OUTPATIENT FOR RIGHT RENAL CYST ASPIRATION WITH SCLEROSING. DEHYDRATED ALCOHOL 85ML WAS INSTILLED INTO CYST AND PT WAS POSITIONED IN MULTIPLE POSITIONS OVER 30 MINUTES. ALL 85ML OF ALCOHOL WAS REMOVED AND 8FR ABSCESSION CATHETER WAS REMOVED. IT WAS NOTED AT THAT TIME THAT THE CATHETER WAS NOT COMPLETELY INTACT. PT WAS POSITIONED BACK ONTO FLUORO TABLE AND THE MISSING REMAINDER OF CATHETER WAS NOTED IN THE RIGHT RENAL CYST. PT WAS TAKEN TO CT TO ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE REMAINDER OF THE CATHETER. CATHETER WAS APPROXIMATELY POSITIONED 10CM FROM INSERTION SITE. DOCTOR ATTEMPTED TO GAIN ACCESS TO REMOVE FOREIGN BODY, BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. DECISION WAS MADE AT THAT POINT TO STOP AND CONTACT SURGERY. PT WAS STABLE AND PAIN FREE FOR DURATION OF PROCEDURE. SURGERY AND UROLOGY WERE CONTACTED. NOTED IN PRODUCT INSERT AFTER EVENT THAT THIS PRODUCT WAS NOT TO BE USED WITH ALCOHOL. BURIED ON THIRD PAGE OF INSERT. NOT MARKED ON OUTSIDE OF PRODUCT PACKAGE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FLEXIMA APDL DRAINAGE CATHETER PIGTAIL LOCKING CATHETER FGE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP CE0197 14669439

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR