FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PIPELINE EMBOLIZATION DEVICE

MDR report key: 4513221 · Received February 12, 2015

Report

Report Number
2029214-2015-00123
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 12, 2015
Report Date
January 13, 2015
Manufacturer
COVIDIEN (IRVINE)
Product Code
OUT
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS REPORT WAS CREATED TO CAPTURE THE POST PROCEDURE COMPLICATION EXPERIENCED BY THE PATIENT AND WAS RECEIVED THOUGH THE ARTICLE: CHALOUHI ET AL. INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AFTER PIPELINE EMBOLIZATION: MANAGEMENT OF ANTIPLATELET AGENTS AND THE CASE FOR POINT-OF-CARE TESTING -- CASE REPORTS AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY 124 (2014) 21-24. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE ARTICLE: CHALOUHI ET AL. INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE AFTER PIPELINE EMBOLIZATION: MANAGEMENT OF ANTIPLATELET AGENTS AND THE CASE FOR POINT-OF-CARE TESTING -- CASE REPORTS AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE. CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY 124 (2014) 21-24. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A MIDDLE-AGED PATIENT WITH A RIGHT CAVERNOUS SINUS ANEURYSM WAS TREATED WITH 3 OVERLAPPING PIPELINES. THE PATIENT WAS READMITTED 1 WEEK LATER DUE TO RIGHT-SIDED ORBITAL PAIN AND HEADACHE, BOTH OF WHICH RAPIDLY RESOLVED WITH A SHORT COURSE OF STEROIDS. EIGHTEEN DAYS POST PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT RETURNED WITH A RIGHT FRONTAL ICH (INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE). FOLLOWING CLOPIDOGREL ADJUSTMENTS AND A PLATELET TRANSFUSION, THE PATIENT IMPROVED CLINICALLY TO THE POINT WHERE HE/SHE WAS NEUROLOGICALLY INTACT. THE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SAME ARTICLE AS MDR# 2029214-2015-00124.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
105521 PIPELINE EMBOLIZATION DEVICE INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM FLOW DIVERTER OUT COVIDIEN (IRVINE)

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention| S