FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ENDURANT II

MDR report key: 3071438 · Received April 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
2953200-2013-00744
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 22, 2013
Date of Event
March 8, 2013
Report Date
March 27, 2013
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC IRELAND
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P100021
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CT, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RESULTS: INHERENT RISK OF PROCEDURE (STENT GRAFT OCCLUSION, PARALYSIS, RENAL COMPLICATIONS); PATIENT'S CONDITION AFFECTED EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVICE (BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER). CONCLUSION: KNOWN INHERENT RISK OF PROCEDURE (STENT GRAFT OCCLUSION, PARALYSIS, RENAL COMPLICATIONS); DEVICE FAILURE RELATED TO PATIENT CONDITION (BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

AN ENDURANT STENT GRAFT SYSTEM WAS IMPLANTED IN A PATIENT FOR THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. ANEURYSM AND VESSEL MORPHOLOGY FROM THE TIME OF IMPLANT ARE UNKNOWN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT CAME IN FOR A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT TWO WEEKS POST IMPLANT. THE PATIENT WAS FEELING TIRED AND CONSTIPATED. THE PHYSICIAN CALLED IN A PRESCRIPTION AND THE PATIENT WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO PICK IT UP. WHILE GETTING THE MEDICATION THE PATIENT'S LEGS WENT NUMB AND THE PATIENT WAS EMERGENTLY TAKEN TO THE ER. A CT WAS PERFORMED AND NOTED THAT THERE WAS AN OCCLUSION. AN EMBOLECTOMY WAS PERFORMED THROUGHOUT THE STENT GRAFTS TO REMOVE CLOT AND THROMBUS. THE STENT GRAFTS WERE BALLOONED AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETE. THE NEXT DAY THE PATIENT HAD A COLD RIGHT LEG AND THE LEFT LEG WAS WARM. BLOOD WORK WAS ORDERED AND FOUND THAT THE PATIENT HAS A RARE BLOOD CLOT DISORDER (LUPUS COAGULANT DISORDER, POSITIVE PRO-THROMBIN FACTOR TO MUTATION). THE PATIENT IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING PARAPLEGIA AND IS ON DIALYSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
171488 ENDURANT II SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH MEDTRONIC IRELAND V03049221

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00069 YR Required Intervention