FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SPECIFY

MDR report key: 5258541 · Received December 1, 2015

Report

Report Number
3007566237-2015-03551
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 1, 2015
Report Date
November 6, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION
Product Code
LGW
PMA / PMN Number
P840001
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: PRODUCT ID: 37711, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, PRODUCT TYPE: IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR. PRODUCT ID: 3708340, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. PRODUCT ID: 3708340, SERIAL# (B)(4), IMPLANTED: (B)(6) 2006, PRODUCT TYPE: EXTENSION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CONSUMER REPORTED THE LEADS WERE LEFT IN. PHYSICIAN LISTINGS WERE PROVIDED TO THE PATIENT REGARDING CURRENT SYMPTOMS WITH THE ABANDONED LEAD. THE PATIENT HAD CHEST PAIN AND UPPER BACK PAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF HER SHOULDERS. IT RADIATES DOWN HER ARMS AND LEGS. IT WAS FROM THE LEADS BEING LEFT IN. THE PATIENT HAD BEEN TO THE PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN (PCP) AND THE ER THREE TIMES AND XRAYS SHOW THE LEADS ARE THE CAUSE. THE LEADS ARE FREE FLOATING. THE LEAD ABANDONMENT WAS IN (B)(6) 2015. MEDICAL HISTORY INCLUDES LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STATED THE PATIENT CALLED BACK TO INQUIRE ABOUT SIGNS/SYMPTOMS OF A LEAD WIRE LEFT IN PLACE AFTER EXPLANT. THE SAME INFORMATION WAS REPEATED. THE PATIENT STATED SHE WAS HAVING SIGNS OF "HEART ATTACK/HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE". PATIENT SERVICES TOLD THE PATIENT THAT SHE NEEDED TO CONSULT WITH A DOCTOR ABOUT THE EXPLANT AND REVIEW THE SYMPTOMS SHE WAS HAVING WITH A DOCTOR TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION STATED THE CONSUMER WAS MAKING AN APPOINTMENT WITH A DOCTOR TO ADDRESS THE LEAD IS SUE. SHE STATES SHE WENT TO THE ER THE NIGHT BEFORE; HER BLOOD PRESSURE WAS 203/153 DUE TO HER PAIN LEVEL. THE PATIENT AGREED SHE WOULD CALL AND UPDATE HER SITUATION TO PATIENT SERVICES. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
789130 SPECIFY STIMULATOR, SPINAL-CORD, TOTALLY IMPLANTED FOR PAIN RELIEF LGW MEDTRONIC NEUROMODULATION 3998 J0537485V

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 00047 YR Other