FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
WALLSTENT ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH UNISTEP PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM
MDR report key: 6844948
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Received September 6, 2017
Report
- Report Number
- 2134265-2017-08720
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- September 6, 2017
- Date of Event
- September 24, 2015
- Report Date
- August 15, 2017
- Manufacturer
- BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - GALWAY
- Product Code
- FGE
- PMA / PMN Number
- K993232
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- EU
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1
COMPARISON OF TECHNICAL AND CLINICAL OUTCOME OF TRANSJUGULAR PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT PLACEMENT BETWEEN A BARE METAL STENT AND A PTFE-STENTGRAFT DEVICE, J. LAUERMANN CARDIOVASC INTERVENT RADIOL (2016) 39:547¿556. DEVICE EVALUATED BY MANUFACTURER: THE DEVICE WAS NOT RECEIVED FOR ANALYSIS. THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED DIFFICULTIES COULD NOT BE DETERMINED. (B)(4).
Description of Event or Problem · 1
REPORTED VIA JOURNAL ARTICLE THAT SOME PATIENTS ENROLLED IN THE STUDY THAT RECEIVED A WALLSTENT EXPERIENCED LIVER CAPSULE PERFORATION, STENOSIS/OCCLUSION AND HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY. THE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO REVIEW PATIENT¿S RECEIVING A TIPS (TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT) PROCEDURE. PATIENTS WERE TREATED WITH A WALLSTENT OR A POLYTETRAFUOROETHYLEN STENTGRAFT DEVICE.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625526 | WALLSTENT ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH UNISTEP PLUS DELIVERY SYSTEM | CATHETER, BILIARY, DIAGNOSTIC | FGE | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC - GALWAY | UNK479 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |