ENTERPRISE VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM
Report
- Report Number
- 1226348-2017-00122
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- July 14, 2017
- Date of Event
- March 5, 2015
- Report Date
- July 3, 2017
- Manufacturer
- CODMAN AND SHURTLEFF, INC
- Product Code
- NJE
- PMA / PMN Number
- H60001
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- SW
- Reporter Occupation
- HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
Narratives
THE MDR IS TO REPORT 3 UNSPECIFIED ENTERPRISE DEVICES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR, INCLUDING LOT AND CATALOG NUMBERS. ARTICLE ATTACHED TO THIS MDR. BHOGAL, P., BROUWER, P.A., SÖDERQVIST, A.K., ET AL, (2015). PATIENTS WITH SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE FROM VERTEBROBASILAR DISSECTION: TREATMENT WITH STENT-IN-STENT TECHNIQUE. NEURORADIOLOGY (2015) 57:605¿614 DOI 10.1007/S00234-015-1505-9. COMPLAINTS FOR 4 EVENTS DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE ARE BEING SUBMITTED IN SEPARATE MDR REPORTS. DATE OF EVENT, PRODUCT CODE, AND LOT NUMBER COULD NOT BE OBTAINED FROM THE AUTHOR. UNKNOWN PART NUMBER, ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN PRODUCT PART NUMBER WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, UDI UNAVAILABLE. CONCLUSION: THE DEVICES WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. IN ADDITION, THE LOT NUMBERS WERE NOT PROVIDED; THEREFORE, A DHR REVIEW COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. PSEUDOANEURYSM IS A KNOWN ADVERSE EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLANTATION OF ENTERPRISE STENTS. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE EVENT COULD NOT BE CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED; HOWEVER, OFF-LABEL USE OF THE ENTERPRISE STENTS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT. PER THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE (IFU): ¿THE CODMAN ENTERPRISE VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AS A STAND-ALONE DEVICE, I.E. WITHOUT SUBSEQUENT COIL EMBOLIZATION OF THE ANEURYSM.¿ THE IFU ALSO CAUTIONS: ¿THE PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY OF TWO OR MORE OVERLAPPING STENTS HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED¿. THERE IS NO CURRENT SAFETY SIGNAL IDENTIFIED RELATED TO THE REPORTED EVENT BASED ON REVIEW OF COMPLAINT HISTORY FOR THE DEVICE. SINCE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THE EVENT WAS RELATED TO A MANUFACTURING ISSUE, NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WILL BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME. THIS IS AN INITIAL/FINAL MDR REPORT.
IN THE LITERATURE ARTICLE ¿PATIENTS WITH SUBARACHNOID HAEMORRHAGE FROM VERTEBROBASILAR DISSECTION: TREATMENT WITH STENT-IN-STENT TECHNIQUE¿ BY BHOGAL, P., BROUWER, P.A., SÖDERQVIST, A.K., ET AL, PUBLISHED NEURORADIOLOGY (2015) 57:605¿614 DOI 10.1007/S00234-015-1505-9, A (B)(6) MALE PATIENT (PATIENT 15) HAD AN ENLARGING PSEUDOANEURYSM 72 HOURS POST TREATMENT WITH THREE ENTERPRISE STENTS (CATALOG AND LOT NUMBERS NOT LISTED IN ARTICLE OR AVAILABLE FROM AUTHOR). PATIENT 15 PRESENTED WITH A SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AND DISSECTION OF THE RIGHT VERTEBRAL DISTAL TO POSTERIOR INFERIOR CEREBELLAR ARTERY (PICA). CONVENTIONAL CATHETER ANGIOGRAPHY REVEALED A PSEUDOANEURYSM JUST DISTAL TO THE ORIGIN OF THE PICA. THE PATIENT WAS INITIALLY TREATED WITH THREE TELESCOPED ENTERPRISE STENTS. A FOLLOW-UP CT ANGIOGRAM PERFORMED 72 HOURS LATER SHOWED A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE PSEUDOANEURYSM, AND THEREFORE, A REPEAT PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED, WITH A SURPASS FLOW-DIVERTING STENT PLACED ACROSS THE PICA AND PSEUDOANEURYSM. A FOLLOW-UP CT ANGIOGRAM PERFORMED 5 DAYS AFTER THIS PROCEDURE SHOWED COMPLETE RESOLUTION OF THE PSEUDOANEURYSM AND A PATENT PICA. AN AXIAL T2-WEIGHTED IMAGE TAKEN FROM AN MRI SCAN PERFORMED 3 WEEKS AFTER THE INITIAL HEMORRHAGE SHOWED NO SIGNS OF PERFORATOR INFARCTION. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY DESCRIBED IN THE ARTICLE WAS TO ANALYZE IF A STENT-IN-STENT TREATMENT WAS EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE FROM VERTEBROBASILAR DISSECTION. NINETY-THREE PATIENTS WITH POTENTIAL SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE SECONDARY TO VERTEBROBASILAR PATHOLOGY WERE IDENTIFIED. AFTER REVIEW OF THE CLINICAL NOTES AND IMAGING, 15 WERE FOUND TO HAVE PRESENTED WITH SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AND TREATED WITH STENTS ALONE. ALL DISSECTIONS WERE SPONTANEOUS WITH NO HISTORY OF PRECEDING TRAUMA. THE AGES RANGED BETWEEN 46 AND 71 YEARS (MEAN 61 YEARS). ALL PATIENTS PRESENTED WITH FISCHER GRADE 4 SAH AND HAD A VISIBLE PSEUDOANEURYSM. ALL PATIENTS WERE TREATED WITH A BOLUS OF IV HEPARIN 5000 IU AND 100 IU PER HOUR TO MAINTAIN THE ACTIVATED CLOTTING TIME (ACT) AT APPROXIMATELY 2 -2.5 TIMES ABOVE NORMAL. A VARIETY OF STENTS WERE USED INCLUDING ENTERPRISE, WINGSPAN, NEUROFORM, SURPASS, LVIS AND LVIS JR. NO INTRA-PROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS WERE EXPERIENCED. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDED THAT STENT-IN-STENT TECHNIQUE REPRESENTED A VIABLE RECONSTRUCTIVE ENDOVASCULAR SURGICAL TECHNIQUE WITH LOW RISK OF INTRA-PROCEDURAL COMPLICATIONS AND POST-OPERATIVE REPEAT HEMORRHAGE. THIS SUBMISSION IS RELATED TO A LITERATURE ARTICLE DISCOVERED IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE CER SUBMISSION PROCESS, AS SUCH, THE ASSOCIATED TIME FRAME OF EVENT DATES INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO 20 YEARS. THESE ARTICLES ARE BEING REVIEWED ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR SAFETY SIGNALS AND WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MONTHLY TRENDING ASSESSMENTS AS WELL AS PMS REVIEWS.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 495506 | ENTERPRISE VASCULAR RECONSTRUCTION DEVICE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | INTRACRANIAL NEUROVASCULAR STENT | NJE | CODMAN AND SHURTLEFF, INC | NA | UNK |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 55 YR | Hospitalization| R |