Product complaint # (b)(4).Contact office: codman and shurtleff, inc (b)(4).Since the product was not returned for analysis, no product failure analysis can be conducted and no determination of possible contributing factors could be made. device history record (dhr) review cannot be conducted because the no lot number was provided by the customer. .
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This complaint is from a literature source.As reported in the literature publication entitled, ¿spinal cord infarction in the region of the posterior spinal artery after embolization for vertebral artery dissection.¿ a (b)(6) year-old female patient with a fusiform aneurysm in the left vertebral artery (va), distal to the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (pica) (post-pica type) who underwent stent assisted coil embolization experienced periprocedural symptomatic infarction.The ischemic lesion was located in the region of the posterior spinal artery (psa).The patient¿s symptoms improved, and she was discharged without her having any significant disability.Objective: to investigate psa infarction after endovascular surgery for vad.Methods: infarction in the region of the psa after endovascular surgery for vads carried out in consecutive 21 cases was investigated from 2007 through 2015.The variables of aneurysmal location, status, intra-aneurysmal thrombosis, antithrombotic therapy, and endovascular procedure were investigated in relation to the occurrence of spinal cord or brain stem infarction.
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