FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STRATA NSC LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT KIT

MDR report key: 7060875 · Received November 27, 2017

Report

Report Number
2021898-2017-00593
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
November 27, 2017
Date of Event
October 1, 2017
Report Date
November 27, 2017
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
K091312
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE LUMBAR PERITIONEAL (LP) SHUNT PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED IN THE 4TH WEEK OF (B)(6) 2017, A LUMBAR CATHETER COULD NOT BE INSERTED SMOOTHLY. THEN, THE LUMBAR CATHETER WAS MISTAKENLY PULLED OUT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WHILE THE PUNCTURE NEEDLE HAD BEEN INSERTED. AS A RESULT, THE TIP OF THE LUMBAR CATHETER WAS SCOOPED OUT, AND THE DETACHED FRAGMENTS HAVE BEEN DRIFTING IN THE SPINAL CAVITY. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIP OF THE LUMBAR CATHETER WAS DETACHED AS IT WAS SCOOPED OUT BY THE PUNCTURE NEEDLE. WHILE SOME FRAGMENTS WERE REMOVED OUT OF THE PATIENT'S BODY, SOME HAVE BEEN DRIFTING IN THE SPINAL CAVITY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
838599 STRATA NSC LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT KIT SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY 44421 UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1