FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

MEDTRONIC

MDR report key: 2624792 · Received January 7, 2010

Report

Report Number
2624792
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 7, 2010
Date of Event
December 21, 2009
Report Date
December 29, 2009
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC, INC.
Product Code
FGE
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CARDIOLOGIST ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY A STENT INTO RIGHT ILIAC ARTERY. STENT DID NOT DEPLOY AND WAS IRRETRIEVABLE. CARDIOLOGIST PROGRESS NOTE SAYS: R ILIAC ABOUT 99 PERCENT STENOSED. SELF-EXPANDABLE STENT DEPLOYED IN RIGHT ILIAC BUT I WAS UNABLE TO PULL THE CATHETER SHAFT OUT. SURGEON CONSULTED AND PATIENT TAKEN TO OPERATING ROOM TO HAVE REMOVAL OF THE DEVICE. SURGICAL NOTES INCLUDED: INCISION MADE OVER RIGHT COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY ABOVE THE DEPLOYMENT DEVICE. FEMORAL ARTERY IS DISSECTED FREE. THE ILIAC IS EXPOSED FOR ITS ALMOST ENTIRE LENGTH IN THE ABDOMEN. DEPLOYMENT DEVICE PALPATED; ILIAC CLAMPED ABOVE THIS AND THEN AT IT'S FURTHEST REACH IN THE ABDOMEN, ARTERIOTOMY PERFORMED. THE STENT AND DEPLOYMENT DEVICE ARE REMOVED FROM ABOVE AND THEN FROM BELOW UNTIL ALL FOREIGN OBJECTS HAD BEEN COMPLETELY REMOVED. CLAMPS WERE REPLACED. BECAUSE OF THE STENT PERFORMED A PARTIAL DISSECTION AND ENDARTERECTOMY, THIS IS PERFORMED, ALL DEBRIS IS REMOVED, THEN THE ARTERY IS DOUBLY OVERSEWN. FOLLOWING THE SURGERY THERE WERE EXCELLENT DOPPLER SIGNALS IN THE RIGHT FOOT. PATIENT DISCHARGED HOME ON (B)(6) 2009 AT THE SAME FUNCTIONAL LEVEL PRESENT UPON ADMISSION AND WITH GOOD PULSES I THE LOWER EXTREMITY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MEDTRONIC OTW COMPLETE SE BILIARY SELF-EXPANDING FGE MEDTRONIC, INC. 001066126

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR