FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MILD DEVICE KIT

MDR report key: 2762014 · Received September 21, 2012

Report

Report Number
3006450448-2012-00003
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 21, 2012
Date of Event
August 17, 2012
Report Date
September 21, 2012
Manufacturer
VERTOS MEDICAL
Product Code
HRX
PMA / PMN Number
K093062
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WITH HISTORY OF LOW PLATELET COUNT UNDERWENT PERCUTANEOUS DECOMPRESSION WHICH WAS INDICATED FOR TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMATIC CENTRAL CANAL STENOSIS. MIDAZOLAM AND FENTANYL WERE USED TO INDUCE LIGHT SEDATION WITH PATIENT CONVERSANT THROUGHOUT PROCEDURE. NO ABNORMAL BLEEDING WAS NOTED DURING OR AFTER TREATMENT. SUBSEQUENT TO TRANSIENT NUMBNESS IN ONE FOOT AND THEN PERSISTENT NUMBNESS IN HIS OTHER FOOT WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR POST-TREATMENT, HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. URINARY RETENTION AND LOW BACK PAIN DEVELOPED THE EVENING OF ADMISSION ON (B)(6) 2012. THE NEXT DAY CT SCAN AND MRI REVEALED A LUMBAR EPIDURAL HEMATOMA (L1-L5). HEMATOMA EVACUATION WAS PERFORMED (B)(6) 2012. ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT WAS MOBILE AND HAD RESUMED A NORMAL DIET. HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO A SHORT TERM REHAB FACILITY, BUT WAS HOME DOING WELL AND AMBULATING UNAIDED WITH NO REPORTED SEQUELAE BY (B)(6) 2012.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MILD DEVICE KIT MILD HRX VERTOS MEDICAL MDK-0001

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 91 YR Hospitalization