BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    EPIDURAL CATHETER BRAUN

    MDR report key: 25799 · Received January 19, 1995

    Report

    Report Number
    25799
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    January 19, 1995
    Date of Event
    September 23, 1994
    Report Date
    October 11, 1994
    Manufacturer
    BRAUN MEDICA, INC.
    Product Code
    LMP
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    User Facility report
    Reporter Location
    LA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    RISK MANAGER

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    "PT. UNDERWENT PERCUTANEOUS PLACEMENT OF AN EPIDURAL CATHETER FOR ANESTHESIA DURING UROLOGIC PROCEDURE. AT THE TERMINATION OF THE PROCEDURE AND UPON ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE THE CATHETER, THE DEVICE BECAME STRETCHED AND WHEN MEASURING IT IN COMPARISON TO THE EXPECTED LENGTH IT IS SHORTER. THE PRESUMPTION IS THAT A SMALL PORTION, PERHAPS SEVERAL INCHES OF THE CATHETER WAS LEFT IN THE SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE. NO ASSOCIATED NEUROLOGIC DEFICITS. XRAYS REVEALED NO RADIOGRAPHIC METERIAL PRESENT."

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 EPIDURAL CATHETER BRAUN BURRON PERIFIX LMP BRAUN MEDICA, INC. 899840

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 65 * Required Intervention