FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PRECISION®

MDR report key: 3130774 · Received May 24, 2013

Report

Report Number
3006630150-2013-01075
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 24, 2013
Date of Event
May 1, 2013
Report Date
May 1, 2013
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
030017
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE EXPLANTED DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED TO BSN AS IT WAS DISCARDED BY THE MEDICAL FACILITY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN EXPLANT PROCEDURE DUE TO INFECTION THAT MOVED TO THE POCKET SITE. SYMPTOMS WERE WARMTH, SWELLING AND REDNESS. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVED THAT INFECTION WAS NOT DEVICE RELATED. THE POCKET SITE WAS FLUSHED WITH VANCOMYCIN INTRA-OPERATIVELY AND WILL BE TREATED WITH LONG TERM ANTIBIOTICS. THE PATIENT WAS DOING WELL POSTOPERATIVELY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
232275 PRECISION® SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR LGW BOSTON SCIENTIFIC NEUROMODULATION SC-1110 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Hospitalization| R