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Description of Event or Problem

THE ATROSTIM JUKKA, AN FDA PROVISIONAL DEVICE FOR DIAPHRAGMATIC PACING, WAS INSERTED INTO THIS 5 YEAR OLD CHILD ON 11/13/96. ON 6/9/97, THE CHILD WAS BROUGHT TO MEDICAL CENTER WITH SIGNS OF LEFT SIDED PACER FAILURE. ON 6/11/97 THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE OR AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CONNECTING WIRE HAD SOME "SKIP LESIONS" AND DISINTEGRATION OF WIRE.