FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

2EZEE

MDR report key: 10250254 · Received July 9, 2020

Report

Report Number
3002590791-2020-00033
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 9, 2020
Date of Event
December 5, 2018
Report Date
July 8, 2020
Manufacturer
GENICON, INC.
Product Code
GCJ
UDI-DI
00877972007289
PMA / PMN Number
K180836
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
501

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS REPORTABLE EVENT WAS IDENTIFIED DURING A REVIEW OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BETWEEN OCTOBER 2017 AND DECEMBER 2019. A ROOT CAUSE FOR THE BROKEN BAG COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CASE WAS A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSECTOMY. THE 550-000-200 SPECIMEN BAG WAS SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED AND THE PATIENT'S GALLBLADDER WAS PLACED IN THE BAG WITHOUT ISSUE. THE STRING WAS RELEASED FROM THE HANDLE AND BAG WAS CINCHED CLOSED, FOLLOWED BY THE REMOVAL OF THE INTRODUCER AND TROCAR, LEAVING JUST THE BAG/SPECIMEN IN THE ABDOMEN. THE SURGEON WAS ABLE TO FAIRLY EASILY PULL THE BAG AND SPECIMEN THROUGH AND NEARLY HAD THE ENTIRE BAG AND SPECIMEN OUT WHEN THE BAG RUPTURED, LEAVING THE GALLBLADDER HALF WAY OUT. CLAMPS WERE PLACED TO TRY AND RETRIEVE THE SPECIMEN IN IT'S ENTIRETY BUT THAT CAUSED THE GALLBLADDER TO RUPTURE AS WELL AND ONLY HALF OF IT WAS RETRIEVED. THE SURGEON REINSERTED THE 10MM TROCAR THROUGH THE SAME DEFECT AND THAT PUSHED THE REMAINING HALF THE GALLBLADDER AND LARGE STONES BACK INTO VISUALIZATION FROM WITHIN THE ABDOMEN. THE SURGEON THEN DEPLOYED A SECOND BAG TO RETRIEVE IT AND ALL THE REMAINING STONES THAT HAD FALLEN INTO THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. THE BAG RUPTURE CAUSED A DELAY IN THE PROCEDURE, ADDED APPROXIMATELY AN ADDITIONAL 20 MIN TO THE CASE TIME, AND REQUIRED A SECOND BAG.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
715974 2EZEE SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL BAG GCJ GENICON, INC. 500-000-200 I9845-A 00877972007289

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1