At the time of this report, no further patient injury or negative health related outcomes have been reported.Entellus medical will continue to monitor this situation and provide subsequent reports if required.The device was returned and device history records were reviewed.All manufacturing and quality assurance testing was carried out in accordance with standard procedure, and the device met specification at the time of release.In addition, further testing was conducted on the returned device and all performance specifications were met and no device failure was detected.
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It was reported that after multiple predilations of the left frontal sinus with the xpress balloon device, the physician noted clear fluid with slight bloody tint oozing from the patient's nose.On exam, the physician felt this was a csf leak.After the procedure the patient was discharged home with no additional complications and was scheduled to have a mucosal flap to repair the csf leak.Two (2) days later, the csf leak was successfully repaired.The patient was discharged home the next day.No further patient injury or complications have been reported.
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