FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TRUFREEZE

MDR report key: 4936025 · Received July 23, 2015

Report

Report Number
3010140265-2015-00006
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 23, 2015
Date of Event
May 30, 2015
Report Date
July 22, 2015
Manufacturer
CSA MEDICAL
Product Code
GEH
PMA / PMN Number
K150920
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MALE PATIENT RECEIVED SPRAY CRYOTHERAPY TREATMENT (SCT) ON (B)(6) 2015. THE NIGHT OF (B)(6) 2015 THE PATIENT DEVELOPED RUQ ABDOMINAL PAIN. THE NEXT DAY, (B)(6) 2015, THE PAIN BECAME MORE SEVERE AND RADIATED TO HIS LOWER ABDOMEN, PROMPTING HIM TO GO TO THE ER. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 13 DAYS AND DURING THAT TIME BLOOD WORK SHOWED ELEVATED AMYLASE, LIPASE, AND A CT SCAN POSITIVE FOR ACUTE PANCREATITIS. PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE GALL STONES NOR A HISTORY OF ETHANOL ABUSE. FINAL DIAGNOSIS WAS IDIOPATHIC PANCREATITIS. THE RELATIONSHIP OF SCT AND PANCREATITIS IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY. HOWEVER, A POSSIBLE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEVICE COULD NOT BE RULED OUT BECAUSE OF THE TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
478238 TRUFREEZE UNIT, CRYOSURGICAL, ACCESSORIES GEH CSA MEDICAL CC3-01

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Hospitalization| R