FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE® EXCLUDER® AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 3726173 · Received April 4, 2014

Report

Report Number
2017233-2014-00177
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 4, 2014
Date of Event
March 4, 2014
Report Date
April 3, 2014
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
MIH
PMA / PMN Number
P020004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

EXCLUDER DEVICES INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT: RMT281214/9343327, PXC121000/9212400. A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING AND STERILIZATION PAPERWORK FOR THE DEVICES VERIFIED THAT THE LOTS MET ALL PRE-RELEASE SPECIFICATIONS. PER THE GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU), ADVERSE EVENTS THAT MAY OCCUR AND / OR REQUIRE INTERVENTION INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ENDOPROSTHESIS INFECTION AND SURGICAL CONVERSION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PATIENT MEDICATIONS INCLUDE DAPTOMYCIN, ASPIRIN, LINEZOLID, CARVEDILOL, SERTRALINE, NORCO, BUMEX, CEFAZOLIN, DOCUSATE, AND LOVENOX.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH TWO GORE EXCLUDER AAA ENDOPROSTHESES (RMT281214/9343327 AND PXC121000/9212400) TO TREAT AN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM. ON VARIOUS UNKNOWN DATES, MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATIONS (COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY, GASTRO-INTESTINAL SCOPES, MAGNETIC RESONANCE) REVEALED RECURRENT SEPSIS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN, AND AN INFECTED STENT GRAFT IN THE INFRARENAL AORTA. ON (B)(6) 2014, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE WHEREBY THE EXCLUDER GRAFT SYSTEM WAS EXPLANTED, AND THE THORACIC AND INFRARENAL AORTA WAS SURGICALLY REPAIRED. THE PATIENT TOLERATED THE PROCEDURE. THE EXPLANTED GRAFTS WERE DISCARDED AT THE FACILITY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
204453 GORE® EXCLUDER® AAA ENDOPROSTHESIS SYSTEM, ENDOVASCULAR GRAFT, AORTIC ANEURYSM TREATMENT MIH W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES 9343327

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Hospitalization| R