BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    258119

    MDR report key: 258119 · Received December 29, 1999

    Report

    Report Number
    258119
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    December 29, 1999
    Date of Event
    September 23, 1999
    Report Date
    December 6, 1999
    Report Source
    User Facility report
    Reporter Location
    MA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    NURSE

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    IN 1999, NEPHROSTOMY TUBE AND DOUBLE-J URETHRAL STENT WERE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED WITH EXCELLENT FLOW OF CLEAR URINE. A KIDNEYS, URETERS, BLADDER (ABDOMINAL X-RAY) FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE REVEALED THAT THE UPPER COIL ON THE DOUBLE-J HAD BEEN SEVERED FROM THE MAIN SHAFT OF THE CATHETER AND WAS IN THE PELVIS. AFTER ANOTHER PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY TUBE PLACEMENT, MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS AT REMOVAL OF THE DOUBLE-J FRAGMENTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PT UNDERWENT CYSTOURETHROSCOPY, REMOVAL OF LEFT DOUBLE-J CATHETER, URETEROSCOPY AND PLACEMENT OF DOUBLE-J CATHETER AND PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOGRAM WITH REMOVAL OF CATHETER FRAGMENT. IN 1999, NEPHROSTOMY TUBE WAS REMOVED. THE PT WAS DISCHARGED WITH PLANS FOR CYSTOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF DOUBLE-J CATHETER. DOUBLE-J CATHETER WAS REMOVED AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL.

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 * Hospitalization| R