FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

STRATA NSC LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT KIT

MDR report key: 9988430 · Received April 22, 2020

Report

Report Number
2021898-2020-00128
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 22, 2020
Date of Event
February 24, 2020
Report Date
April 22, 2020
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY
Product Code
JXG
PMA / PMN Number
K091312
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TW
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

JUNG-TUNG LIU, PEN-HUA SUA. THE EFFICACY AND LIMITATION OF LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT IN NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS. CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY 193 (2020). DOI: 10.1016/J.CLINEURO.2020.105748 A B S T R A C T OBJECTIVE: TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE EFFICACY OF THE LUMBAR¿PERITONEAL (LP) SHUNT IS SUSTAINABLE, WE MEASURED THE OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC NPH (INPH) PREOPERATIVELY AND POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENTS AND METHODS: WE RETROSPECTIVE REVIEWED RECORDS OF 58 PATIENTS WITH INPH FROM 2013 TO 2015. EXCLUSION OF 7 PATIENTS EXPIRED, 1 PATIENT SHUNT INFECTION, AND 8 PATIENTS WAS LOSS OF FOLLOW-UP. IN THE REMAINING 42 PATIENTS, THE MOOD, TALKING RESPONSE, MOVEMENT, ATTENTION, RECALLING MEMORY, AND MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION (MMSE), REPRESENTING PATIENT OUTCOMES, WERE MEASURED. ALL OF WHOM WERE FOLLOW-UP FOR 3 YEARS. RESULTS: MOOD (1.91 ± 0.30), TALKING RESPONSE (1.98 ± 0.15), MOVEMENT (1.71 ± 0.51), ATTENTION (1.95 ± 0.22), AND RECALLING MEMORY (1.86 ± 0.35) WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED AFTER SURGERY (1 WEEK;P < 0.0001). HOWEVER, THE INDICATORS SIGNIFICANTLY DECLINED AFTER 3 YEARS (MOOD: 0.31±0.52, TALKING RESPONSE: 0.50±0.59, MOVEMENT: 0.17±0.38, ATTENTION: 0.40±0.59, RECALLING MEMORY: 0.21±0.42). THE MMSE WAS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED AFTER 3 MONTHS OF SURGERY (17.9 5±2.80 VS. 25.02±3.36; P < 0.0001). HOWEVER, IT DECLINED AFTER 3 YEARS (17.83±3.66; P = 0.83). CONCLUSION: THE INPH IS CONSIDERED POTENTIALLY REVERSIBLE. OUR DATA SUPPORTED THAT THE LP SHUNT WAS EFFICIENT IN THE SHORT TERM. HOWEVER, THE NEUROLOGICAL DEGENERATION WAS STILL PROGRESSIVE. REPORTED EVENTS - 1 PATIENT EXPERIENCED A SHUNT INFECTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
449160 STRATA NSC LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT KIT SHUNT, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS JXG MEDTRONIC NEUROSURGERY 44420 UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 79 YR Other