FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ABBVIE PEG

MDR report key: 6351488 · Received February 22, 2017

Report

Report Number
3010757606-2017-00089
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 22, 2017
Date of Event
February 1, 2017
Report Date
February 6, 2017
Manufacturer
ABBVIE MEDICAL DEVICE CENTRE
Product Code
KNT
PMA / PMN Number
K142793
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REFERENCE RECORD: (B)(4). AFTER THE SUBMISSION OF THE INITIAL MEDWATCH REPORT, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE MANUFACTURER OF THE DEVICE IS NOT ABBVIE INC; THEREFORE ABBVIE HAS NO REPORTING RESPONSIBILITY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE EVENT WAS NOT RETURNED; THEREFORE A RETURN SAMPLE EVALUATION IS UNABLE TO BE PERFORMED. BURIED BUMPER SYNDROME IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION OF A PEG TUBE PLACEMENT. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS IDENTIFIED OR OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE FILED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, PATIENT IN FINLAND UNDERWENT PROCEDURE FOR THE PLACEMENT OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY (PEG) TUBE. THE TUBES WERE NOT MOVING AT STOMA SITE AND THE STOMA SITE WAS PAINFUL. REPORT INDICATED THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED BURIED BUMPER SYNDROME. THE PEG WILL BE REMOVED AND PLACED AT A NEW SITE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
133635 ABBVIE PEG KNT - GASTROINTESTINAL TUBE AND ACCESSORIES KNT ABBVIE MEDICAL DEVICE CENTRE ASKU

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention J TUBE- MANUFACTURER UNK