It was reported that it was found that the stent fractured in almost the center and a half of the stent on anal side had flowed down to small intestine a year after insertion of a stent.There were no patient complications as a result of this event.It was confirmed from the device history record that device had been manufactured with no significant issues and passed all the inspections successfully.And it is impossible to return suspected device because stent is still in patient's body.Fracture can be occurred by other company's device as well as ours.It is affected by patient's lesion status, peristalsis of organs, and drug use in general.Stent inserted in third portion of duodenum might be influenced due to patient's lesion status, peristalsis of organs, and drug use in general.Also, duodenal structure where stent was implanted is curvy.Stent can be pressured due to patient's lesion status, or according to the doctor's comment, stent fracture occurred due to influenced by where duodenum was fixed by treitz.However, it is hard to find out exact root cause for this complaint because the suspected device was not returned due to it was not removed from the patient, and it is difficult to reconstruct the situation at the time of procedure with limited information.Migration can be occurred by other company's device as well as ours.It is affected by patient's lesion status, peristalsis of organs, and drug use in general.The separated stent on anal side may have influenced by such reason, which may have been migrated into the small intestine.It is, however, hard to find out exact root cause for this complaint because the suspected device was not returned, a picture of the relevant device is not and it is difficult to reconstruct the situation at the time of procedure with limited information.This suspected device is not registered in the us but we will continuously monitor the same or similar customer complaints through accurate analyses.
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