A physician reported a damaged shunt valve due to a patient fall; the valve was removed on (b)(6) 2021.A codman hakim programmable valve was implanted in a patient via a ventricular peritoneal shunt 21 years ago with an unknown initial setting.The patient fell and hit their head.The valve was hit, and damaged, and cerebral spinal fluid leaked.The patient was taken to the operating room and ¿the valve was removed on (b)(6) 2021, and extracorporeal drainage was performed using the reservoir and abdominal cavity catheter.¿ the valve was not replaced.The patient remains in follow-up.Treatment will be decided after follow-up.No further information was provided by hospital.
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The hakim valve was returned for evaluation.Device history record (dhr) - the lot history record was reviewed for completeness during the release process to inventory.At that time based on the fact that no discrepancies were noted for the products being accepted, they were released to stock.Failure analysis - the valve was visually inspected, the valve was broken into 2 parts, the complaint is confirmed.The position of the cam when valve was received was 50mmh2o.The root cause for the issue reported by the customer, is due to the valve being damaged by the customer falling on to the valve and breaking the valve, as noted in the ifu silicone has a low tear/cut resistance.
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