FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
ON Q PUMP
MDR report key: 337527
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Received June 13, 2001
Report
- Report Number
- MW1022160
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 13, 2001
- Date of Event
- December 15, 2000
- Report Date
- May 31, 2001
- Manufacturer
- I-FLOW
- Product Code
- MEB
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Voluntary report
- Reporter Location
- MA, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT UNDERWENT ENDOSCOPIC PLANTAR FASCIOTOMY. POSTOP ON Q CATHETER WAS PLACED. IT WAS CEMENTED TO ON Q PUMP WITH 270 ML PLAIN MARCAINE. THE AREA WHERE THE CATHETER PLACES MEDICINE IN TISSUE DEVELOPED A BLISTER AND CONTINUED TO BECOME A FULL THICKNESS SLOUGH OF SKIN ON PLANTAR HEEL. NO OTHER MEDICAL PRODUCT WAS USED. THERAPY TO TREAT ULCER FOR MONTHS AFTER. WOUND IS ABOUT 50% HEALED AT THIS POINT. PT UNDERWENT AN ENDOSCOPIC PLANTAR FASCIOTOMY. DR USUALLY DOES NOT USE THE ON Q PUMP FOR THESE CASES. THIS ONE INSTANCE IT WAS USED, THIS WAS THE RESULT. THE WOUND STARTED AS A SUPERFICIAL LARGE BLISTER, FILLED WITH FLUID (CLEAR) - SIGN OF TISSUE DEATH, CONTINUED TO PROGRESS RAPIDLY TO ISCHEMIC, NECROTIC AREA, REQUIRING ONGOING WOUND CARE.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27115 | ON Q PUMP | INFUSED LOCAL ANESTHESIA | MEB | I-FLOW | ON Q PUMP | * |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 YR | Required Intervention |