FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNK

MDR report key: 875158 · Received July 3, 2007

Report

Report Number
2953144-2007-00833
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 3, 2007
Date of Event
May 1, 2007
Report Date
June 18, 2007
Manufacturer
ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY
Product Code
MGB
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
GA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED AND THERE WAS NO LOT INFO. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PERFORM DEVICE INSPECTION OR DEVICE HISTORY RECORD REVIEW IN THIS CASE. SEE SCANNED PAGES

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEVICE MALFUNCTION: UNK CLOSURE FAILURE. SYMPTOMS/AE: PSEUDOANEURYSM, MEDIAN NEUROPATHY. TIME OF SYMPTOMS/AE: POST-PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED IN A LITERATURE REPORT THAT THE PHYSICIAN ATTEMPTED UNSUCCESSFUL BRACHIAL ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE USING AN UNK PERCLOSE DEVICE AFTER AN INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE. THIS RESULTED IN A PSEUDOANEURYSM THAT REQUIRED IMMEDIATE POSTOPERATIVE SURGICAL REPAIR. THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED CHRONIC IMBALANCE, POSITIONAL DIZZY SPELLS, AND DISABLING MEDIAN NEUROPATHY IN HIS DOMINANT HAND. NO ADD'L INFO IS AVAILABLE. THE ARTICLE REFERENCED IS TITLED: BASILAR ARTERY STENT ANGIOPLASTY FOR SYMPTOMATIC INTRACRANIAL ATHERO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE: COMPLICATIONS AND LATE MIDTERM CLINICAL OUTCOMES. AJNR AMJ NEURORDIOL 2007 28: 808-815.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNK SUTURE MEDIATED CLOSURE MGB ABBOTT VASCULAR REDWOOD CITY NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR Required Intervention| S WARFARIN| CLOPIDOGREL| HEPARIN| UNK STENT| UNK OTW DILATATION BALLOON