| Catalog Number |
PRB35-08-060-120 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Malposition of Device (2616)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Foreign Body In Patient (2687); Patient Problem/Medical Problem (2688)
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| Date of Event |
06/15/2018
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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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If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Event or Problem Description
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Physician intended to use a protégé everflex with a 6f non-mdt sheath and a stiff angled guidewire for treatment of a 45mm plaque lesion in the patients proximal left external iliac of diameter 7mm.Lesion exhibited 70% stenosis.Slight calcification and moderate tortuosity were reported.Embolic protection was not used.Ifu was followed.Device was prepped without issue.The lesion was not pre-dilated.The device did not pass through a previously deployed stent and no resistance was encountered when advancing the device.It is reported the stent deployed within a short 10cm sheath.When the physician pulled back the sheath the stent deployed in the wrong area (left common femoral artery) and a quarter of it was not within the artery.A cut-down was performed to remove the stent from the left common femoral artery.The procedure was completed at this point.The patient is doing well.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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