FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PLICATOR

MDR report key: 599659 · Received April 29, 2005

Report

Report Number
1226693-2005-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 29, 2005
Date of Event
February 18, 2005
Report Date
April 29, 2005
Manufacturer
NDO SURGICAL, INC.
Product Code
KOG
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PROCEDURE WAS UNCOMPLICATED AND THE DEVICE AND IMPLANT CARTRIDGE PERFORMED AS INTENDED. THERE WERE NO PROCEDURAL ABNORMALITIES, NOR PRODUCT MALFUNCTIONS. AFTER THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED, THEY SUBSEQUENTLY COMPLAINED OF ABDOMINAL PAIN RADIATING TO THEIR RIGHT SHOULDER. THEY WERE EVALUATED AT HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM AND RELEASED. THEY RETURNED WITH PERSISTENT ABDOMINAL PAIN RADIATING TO THEIR UPPER CHEST AND LEUKOCYTOSIS. THEY WAS ADMITTED FOR TREATMENT. INITIAL TREATMENT CONSISTED OF INTRAVENOUS FLUIDS AND ANTIBIOTICS. IN 2005 THEY WERE SYMPTOM FREE, THE LEUKOCYTOSIS HAD NORMALIZED BUT THEY CONTINUED TO HAVE MILD TEMPERATURE ELEVATION. INITIAL CT FOLLOWED BY GASTROGRAFFIN FAILED TO SHOW SIGNIFICANT LEAKAGE OF CONTRAST MATERIAL. THEY WERE DISCHARGED ON P.O. ANTIBIOTICS. THE EVENT WAS CONSIDERED COMPLETELY RESOLVED 3 DAYS LATER, PER THE PHYSICIAN. NDO SURGICAL RECEIVED THE ATTACHED REPORT FORMS VIA FAX 2 MONTHS LATER. AS THERE WAS NO PRODUCT MALFUNCTION, THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED TO NDO SURGICAL. NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME AS TO THE CAUSE OF THIS EVENT. AS THIS IS THE FIRST COMPLAINT OF THIS NATURE, CO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PLICATOR ENDOSCOPIC SURGICAL DEVICE KOG NDO SURGICAL, INC. * 04-0920

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 31 YR Hospitalization| R