Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for complications of device insertion

Name: Complications of device insertion - FDA Animal Adverse Reaction
Creator: PlainBreed
License: https://open.fda.gov/license/

17 FDA reports name complications of device insertion, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 93023). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#2237 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions): 17
reports citing this reaction: 5.9%
death-coded share: Unknown
most-affected species

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Release-over-release change

What changed in the latest FDA data snapshot

PlainBreed reconstructed the prior snapshot from dated openFDA partitions through 2025 Q4, then compared it with the 2026-07-27 openFDA export. Complications of device insertion has 17 reports now versus 17 in that prior snapshot: 0 the same number of (0.0%).

Report change: +0
Death-coded reports: +0
Death-coded share: −0.0 pts

This compares reported-event counts in two source snapshots. It does not establish a change in real-world risk, product safety, or disease incidence.

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FDA AER · VeDDRA plate

Code 93023 VOL-TRACE

VOL-TRACE · DEATH-PAR · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-UNKNOWN · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-MID · BOOK-FULL

VOL-TRACE 17 reports
DEATH-PAR 5.9%
BOTTOM-DECILE #2237/2481
PHOTO-FINISH Anoestrus
SPECIES-UNKNOWN Unknown · 8
DRUG-LEAD Device: Surgical… · 8
DESK-MID 5 breeds
BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Anoestrus (±0 reports)

Instrument codes from this reaction’s FDA CVM adverse-event extract: volume band, death-coded share, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead species, lead drug, breed desk, and book completeness. Not a clinical diagnosis.

Lower-volume neighbourhood around Complications of device insertion

Lower-third volume poles plus nearest peers, not a full reaction corpus board reprint.

FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Complications of device insertion

Complications of device insertion: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 17 reports place Complications of device insertion in the lower third of FDA AER volume (#2237 of 2,481). Report volume is lower-third scale: 17 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is lower-third: 1 of 17 reports (5.9% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Anoestrus (±0 reports). Lead species Unknown (8). Lead co-reported drug Device: Surgical Instruments (8).

Read these counts as reporting volume, not risk: per our methodology, Lead co-reported drug Device: Surgical Instruments appears in filings alongside this reaction; that is association, not causation. Browse the full reactions index or the about page for how PlainBreed frames FDA CVM extracts.

Species Most Affected

Unknown 8

Dog 6

Pig 1

Cat 1

Human 1

Breeds Most Affected

Unknown 10

Dog (unknown) 4

Pig (unknown) 1

Domestic Shorthair 1

Spaniel - Cocker American 1

Associated Drugs

Device: Surgical Instruments 8

Device: Suture 3

Device: Intracardiac/Intravascular Surgical Catheters 2

Device: Syringe 2

Device: Endoscopy Devices And Instruments 1

Device: Collection, Blood 1

What to do with this reaction

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Source: FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (CVM AER) · 2025

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Complications of device insertion (#2237 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 5.9%. PlainBreed reaction plate · report volume stamp 17 · vintage 2025.

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