Reaction profile

The FDA adverse-event record for medical device replacement

52 FDA reports name medical device replacement, a lower-volume reaction in the CVM extract (VeDDRA 93043). Plate stamps and neighbourhood peers follow.

#1720 of 2,481
by report volume (all reactions)
52
reports citing this reaction
7.7%
death-coded share
Dog
most-affected species

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. Medical device replacement has 52 reports now versus 52 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 93043 VOL-LOW

VOL-LOW · DEATH-PAR · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · SPECIES-DOG · DRUG-LEAD · DESK-WIDE · BOOK-FULL

  • VOL-LOW 52 reports
  • DEATH-PAR 7.7%
  • MID-PACK #1720/2481
  • PHOTO-FINISH Decreased intra-ocula…
  • SPECIES-DOG Dog · 29
  • DRUG-LEAD Device: Surgical… · 28
  • DESK-WIDE 9 breeds
  • BOOK-FULL 8/8 fields

Nearest volume peer: Decreased intra-ocular pressure (±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 Medical device replacement

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

Vomiting · highest174348Decreased intra-ocula… · near52Hypersensitivity to p… · near52Impurity · near52Injection site haemor… · near52Medical device replac… · thi…52Urinary tract neoplas… · low…10
FDA AER report volume · neighbourhood around Medical device replacement

Medical device replacement: low death-coded share in the FDA AER plate

Signature read: 4 death-coded reports is a thin tail count for Medical device replacement in the CVM extract. Report volume is lower-third scale: 52 named reports in the openFDA extract. Death-coded share is lower-third: 4 of 52 reports (7.7% of named reports). Nearest volume peer: Decreased intra-ocular pressure (±0 reports). Lead species Dog (29). Lead co-reported drug Device: Surgical Instruments (28).

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

Dog 29
Unknown 11
Cat 10
Cattle 1
Horse 1

Breeds Most Affected

Dog (unknown) 25
Unknown 11
Cat (unknown) 10
Shepherd Dog - German 1
Cattle (unknown) 1
Spitz - German Pomeranian 1
Affenpinscher 1
Retriever - Labrador 1
Horse (unknown) 1

Associated Drugs

Device: Surgical Instruments 28
Device: Suture 20
Polyglactin 910 2
Device: Pacemakers And Defibrillators 2
Pimobendan 1
Furosemide 1
Potassium Bromide 1
Levetiracetan 1

Nationwide reactions with similar profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Medical device replacement, both floored at ≥50 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass (the volume chart above is the unfloored photo-finish strip).

Similar report volume

Nearest other reactions by FDA report count (52 here).

Similar death-coded share

Nearest other reactions by death-coded share (7.7% here), distinct from the volume row.

What to do with this reaction

A report does not prove a drug caused the reaction; consult a veterinarian before acting on this data.

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

openFDA Animal & Veterinary Adverse Events (FDA CVM) for Medical device replacement (#1720 of 2,481 by report volume); death-coded 7.7%. PlainBreed reaction plate · death-coded report count stamp 4 · vintage 2025.

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