BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    INFUSION PUMP

    MDR report key: 5052205 · Received September 2, 2015

    Report

    Report Number
    3007566237-2015-02487
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    September 2, 2015
    Report Date
    August 6, 2015
    Manufacturer
    MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
    Product Code
    LKK
    PMA / PMN Number
    P860004
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Product Problem
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    GM
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO MATCH THESE EVENTS WITH ANY PREVIOUSLY REPORTED EVENTS. CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID NEU_UNKNOWN_CATH, LOT# UNKNOWN, PRODUCT TYPE: CATHETER. (B)(4).

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    ABDULLA, S.,VIELHABER, S., HEINZE, H-J., ABDULLA, W. A NEW APPROACH USING HIGH VOLUME BLOOD PATCH FOR PREVENTION OF POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE FOLLOWING INTRATHECAL CATHETER PUMP EXCHANGE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CRITICAL ILLNESS <(>&<)> INJURY SCIENCE. 2015; 5(2):93-98. DOI: ORG/10.4103/2229-5151.158395 SUMMARY: IN AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY, COMPLICATIONS OF INTRATHECAL CATHETER PUMPS NECESSITATING SURGICAL EXCHANGE WERE ANALYZED. ALSO THE USE OF A HIGH-VOLUME PROPHYLACTIC EPIDURAL BLOOD PATCH (EBP) DURING SURGERY FOR PREVENTING POST-DURAL PUNCTURE HEADACHE (PDPH) WITH A FOLLOW-UP FOR 1 YEAR WAS DESCRIBED. IN 22 PATIENTS WITH REFRACTORY CHRONIC PAIN OF CANCER/NON-CANCER ORIGIN OR SEVERE SPASTICITY, WHO WERE RECEIVING INTRATHECAL MORPHINE INCLUDING ADJUVANTS OR BACLOFEN FOR SYMPTOM RELIEF, CATHETER EXCHANGE WITH OR WITHOUT PUMP WAS PERFORMED. IN PATIENTS WITH DOCUMENTED SYMPTOMS OF PDPH FOLLOWING INITIAL INTRATHECAL CATHETER IMPLANTATION, A PROPHYLACTIC EBP WITH A HIGH BLOOD VOLUME WAS USED FOR PDPH PREVENTION DURING SURGERY. CATHETERS WERE REPLACED USING 40 ML EBP BEFORE ENTERING DURAL SPACE AT A SPEED OF 5ML/MIN INTO THE EPIDURAL SPACE. PATIENTS WERE ASKED TO QUANTIFY PAIN EXPERIENCE AND FUNCTIONAL ABILITY. FROM A SAMPLE OF 72 PATIENTS ADMITTED FOR CATHETER EXCHANGE WITH OR WITHOUT PUMP, 22 PATIENTS (33%) (12 MALE, 10 FEMALE) HAD A HISTORY OF PDPH FOLLOWING INITIAL IMPLANTATION. DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MEASURES OCCURRING WITH MALFUNCTION OF INTRATHECAL CATHETER PUMP SYSTEMS WERE DESCRIBED. TWENTY-ONE PATIENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH PROPHYLACTIC EBP, WHILE ONE PATIENT COULD NOT BE PROPERLY EVALUATED BECAUSE OF INTRACRANIAL BLEEDING AS THE UNDERLYING DISEASE. A NEW APPROACH USING A HIGH-VOLUME PROPHYLACTIC EBP FOR PREVENTING PDPH FOLLOWING CATHETER EXCHANGE IS PRESENTED. THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF THIS TECHNIQUE FOR 1 YEAR FOLLOW-UP HAVE BEEN EVALUATED AND WAS FOUND TO BE SAFE AND POTENTIALLY EFFECTIVE. REPORTED EVENT: TWELVE MALE PATIENTS, WHO HAD AN INTRATHECAL PUMP IN PLACE, EXPERIENCED INADEQUATE SYMPTOM RELIEF BETWEEN JANUARY 1998 AND AUGUST 2010. THEIR DEFECTIVE CATHETERS WERE REMOVED AND NEW CATHETERS WERE PLACED. AFTER SURGICAL INTERVENTION, 21 OF THE PATIENTS (INCLUDING THE TEN FEMALE PATIENTS) WERE SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH A PROPHYLACTIC EBP AND HAD A SATISFACTORY OUTCOME, WHILE ONE PATIENT COULD NOT PROPERLY BE EVALUATED. OF THE EVALUATED PATIENTS, SEVENTEEN REPORTED SUBSTANTIAL SYMPTOM RELIEF AND FOUR REPORTED MODERATE SYMPTOM RELIEF. THE PATIENTS WERE FOUND TO BE COMPLETELY FREE OF HEADACHE IN BOTH SITTING AND STANDING POSITIONS DURING THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD WITH NO APPARENT COMPLICATIONS FROM THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE USING A PROPHYLACTIC EBP. THE EVENT DATE, PATIENT IDENTIFICATION, PRODUCT INFORMATION, TROUBLESHOOTING/DIAGNOSTICS PERFORMED, ALLEGED ISSUE, AND POTENTIAL CAUSES OF THE EVENT WERE NOT REPORTED. FURTHER FOLLOW-UP WAS BEING REQUESTED TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    581677 INFUSION PUMP PUMP, INFUSION, IMPLANTED, PROGRAMMABLE LKK MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention