FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INDURA

MDR report key: 884773 · Received July 24, 2007

Report

Report Number
2182207-2007-02288
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 24, 2007
Report Date
January 10, 2007
Manufacturer
NEUROLOGICAL DIV, MEDTRONIC, INC.
Product Code
LKK
PMA / PMN Number
P860004
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(SEE ADDITIONAL SCANNED PAGES).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

MCMILLAN, MD, ET AL. "CATHETER-ASSOCIATED MASSES IN PATIENT'S RECEIVING INTRATHECAL ANALGESIC THERAPY." INTL ANESTHESIA RESEARCH SOCIETY. 2003; 96:186-90. A PATIENT WITH FAILED BACK SURGERY SYNDROME EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS OF NEURITIC PAIN AND PARALYSIS OF THE LEFT LEG. AN INTRATHECAL MASS WAS DIAGNOSED. THE PATIENT REQUIRED EMERGENCY SURGERY DECOMPRESSION LAMINECTOMY FOR SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION AND SUFFERED PERMANENT FUNCTIONAL LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY PARESIS. CULTURES OF THE PUMP CONTENTS AND PATHOLOGY SPECIMENS WERE STERILE. TREATMENT TIME WAS 25 MONTHS. MEDICATION MORPHINE 75 MG/ML AT A DAILY DOSE OF 16 MG, DILUENT 0.25% BUPIVICAINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INDURA LKK NEUROLOGICAL DIV, MEDTRONIC, INC. CATHETER UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR Disability EXPLANTED| IMPLANTED| PROGRAMMER MODEL PROGRAMMER LOT#UNK