PLEXOLONG NANOLINE®
Received Jul 7, 2025 · Event occurred Apr 26, 2024
Report 9611612-2025-00025 · MDR key 22412898
Device
Generic name
Plexolong Nanoline®
Manufacturer
Pajunk Gmbh MedizintechnologieCatalog number
521156-31A
Lot number
1497
Product problems
- Break
- Break
Patient
NA · Unknown
- Foreign Body In Patient
- Foreign Body In Patient
Narrative
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
THIS CASE IS REPORTED IN RETROSPECT BASED ON A RE-EVALUATION CONDUCTED IN 2025 FOR FORMAL REASONS. THERE WAS NO PARTICULAR RISK TO PATIENTS, USERS, OR THIRD PARTIES.
Description of Event or Problem
#IRN: (B)(4) INCIDENT OCCURRED IN FRANCE: AN ANAESTHETIST PLACED AN INJECTION CATHETER PREOPERATIVELY FOR ANALGESIA AFTER KNEE PROSTHESIS. THE CATHETER WAS INSERTED WITHOUT ANY PARTICULAR PROBLEM, BUT DURING INJECTION, IT BENT AND BROKE INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE SURGEON IN CHARGE OF THE KNEE REPLACEMENT HAD TO MAKE AN INCISION IN THE PATIENT'S THIGH IN ORDER TO RECOVER THE BROKEN END.