Device Surgical Instruments side effects in dogs

160 reports sent to the FDA between 2009 and 2026 involve Device Surgical Instruments in dogs. The most reported problems were device defective, device breakage/fracture, product defect, general. 0.0% were marked serious, and where it was recorded, signs eased after stopping the medicine in 100% of cases.

160Reports
0.0%Marked serious
99%Only medicine involved
15%Recovered
4.4%Died or euthanised
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About this medicine

Type: medicine.

Most reported side effects

26 16%
Medical device removal
19 12%
Medical device replacement
18 11%
Injury associated with device
15 9.4%
Foreign body, medical device
13 8.1%
Wound
13 8.1%
Device complication
11 6.9%
Bone nonunion, medical device
11 6.9%
Application site reaction
10 6.3%

Share = percentage of this medicine's reports that mention the problem. One report can list several problems.

Reports that it didn't work

Some reports are about the medicine not working (for example a dog still getting fleas or heartworm), not about a side effect.

How soon problems started

Same day
13 33%
1–2 days
2 5.1%
3–7 days
0 0.0%
1–4 weeks
5 13%
Over a month
19 49%

Time from the first dose to the first sign, where both dates were reported (39 reports).

How the animals did

Recovered
15 9.4%
Recovered with lasting effects
9 5.6%
Still unwell when reported
8 5.0%
Died
7 4.4%
Not known
121 76%

Breeds named most often

Popular breeds appear more often because there are more of them.

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