FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

DRAINAGE STENT

MDR report key: 3822471 · Received May 21, 2014

Report

Report Number
3005099803-2014-02010
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
May 21, 2014
Report Date
April 28, 2014
Manufacturer
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER
Product Code
FGE
PMA / PMN Number
K834468
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AU
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PATIENT REPORTED TO BE OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE. THE COMPLAINANT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUSPECT DEVICE UPN AND LOT NUMBER; THEREFORE, THE LOT EXPIRATION AND DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATES ARE UNKNOWN. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE WAS NOT USED PAST ITS EXPIRY DATE. REPORTED EVENT OF STENT MIGRATION POST-PROCEDURE. THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE DEVICE WAS DISPOSED AND WILL NOT BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION; THEREFORE, A FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE COULD NOT BE COMPLETED. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS IDENTIFIED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A C-FLEX BILIARY STENT WAS IMPLANTED IN THE COMMON BILE DUCT DURING AN ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP) PROCEDURE. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE REPEAT ERCP FOR STENT REMOVAL, THEY FOUND THE STENT WAS NOT PRESENT. IT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE MIGRATED OUT OF THE COMMON BILE DUCT AND PASSED NATURALLY. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH ANOTHER C-FLEX BILIARY STENT. THERE WERE NO PATIENT COMPLICATIONS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF THIS EVENT. THE PATIENT'S CONDITION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCEDURE WAS REPORTED TO BE STABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
303747 DRAINAGE STENT CATHETER, BILIARY, DIAGNOSTIC FGE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - SPENCER UNK156

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1