| Catalog Number |
M003SZAS30210 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Headache (1880)
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| Date of Event |
01/01/2018
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This is the first of 3 reports.Subject device remains implanted.
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Event or Problem Description
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The patient underwent successful stent-assisted coil embolization for an unruptured aneurysm located on the basilar apex artery with 2 stents (subject device).Post-procedure the patient was assessed having a mrs and nihss of 0.At the 2 and 6-month follow-up, the patient was assessed having a mrs and nihss of 0.It was reported that 7-month post-procedure, the patient experienced 3 episodes of ophthalmic migraine over a period of approximately 2 months.The patient was treated with medication and the migraine episodes were resolved no residual effects.According to the physician, the adverse event of migraine was possibly related to the procedure, the 2 stents, and the implanted coil mass.This reports concerns the first stent.
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Event or Problem Description
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The patient underwent successful stent-assisted coil embolization for an unruptured aneurysm located on the basilar apex artery with 2 stents (subject device).Post-procedure the patient was assessed having a mrs and nihss of 0.At the 2 and 6-month follow-up, the patient was assessed having a mrs and nihss of 0.It was reported that 7-month post-procedure, the patient experienced 3 episodes of ophthalmic migraine over a period of approximately 2 months.The patient was treated with medication and the migraine episodes were resolved no residual effects.According to the physician, the adverse event of migraine was possibly related to the procedure, the 2 stents, and the implanted coil mass.This reports concerns the first stent.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The device history record (dhr) review confirms that the device met all material, assembly and performance specifications.The subject device was not returned for analysis; therefore, physical as well as a functional testing could not be performed.However, complications such as ophthalmic migraine is a known risk associated with endovascular procedures and noted as such in the device directions for use (dfu).Therefore, an assignable cause of anticipated procedural complication was assigned to this event.
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