FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 3093931 · Received April 25, 2013

Report

Report Number
2953161-2013-00057
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 25, 2013
Date of Event
September 7, 2012
Report Date
March 15, 2013
Manufacturer
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P020004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

RESULTS - THE REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING PAPERWORK VERIFIED THAT THIS LOT MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS. CONCLUSION - THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ENDOLEAK IS UNKNOWN.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH FOUR GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESES TO TREAT AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. ON (B)(6) 2012, FOLLOW-UP IMAGING IDENTIFIED A PROXIMAL TYPE I ENDOLEAK ASSOCIATED WITH THE AORTIC EXTENDER COMPONENT WITH 1 CM ANEURYSM ENLARGEMENT. IT WAS REPORTED THE EXACT CAUSE OF THE ENDOLEAK IS UNKNOWN, AND NO MIGRATION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. ON (B)(6), 2013, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED TO TREAT THE ENDOLEAK. AN ADDITIONAL AORTIC EXTENDER COMPONENT WAS IMPLANTED FOR PROXIMAL EXTENSION. FINAL ANGIOGRAPHY SHOWED RESOLUTION OF THE ENDOLEAK, AND THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
178851 GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS MIH/SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES 9503795

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 86 YR Hospitalization| R AMLODIPINE| POTASSIUM CHLORIDE| BENADRYL| ALBUTEROL| FERROUS SULFATE| PERCOCET| ARICEPT| BESYLATE| OMEPRAZOLE| CALCIUM CARBONATE ANTACID| ASPIRIN| NAMENDA| LASIX| BACLOFEN| LEVOTHYROXINE| ONDANSETRON| OMEGA 3 KRILL OIL| LISINOPRIL| LIPITOR