FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

EEA 31MM SINGLE-USE STAPLER

MDR report key: 1080494 · Received July 22, 2008

Report

Report Number
1219930-2008-00541
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2008
Date of Event
June 19, 2008
Report Date
July 7, 2008
Manufacturer
NORTH HAVEN - USS
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K062850
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UT, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PROCEDURE TYPE: LAP TOTAL COLECTOMY. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER: INTRA-OPERATIVELY THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES NOTED, NO LEAKS, AND STAPLE FORMATION WAS PROPER. FOURTEEN DAYS POST-OPERATIVELY THE PT BECAME ILL AND SEPTIC AND WAS RE-OPERATED DUE TO STOOL AND FLUID SEEN IN THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS. THE SURGEON NOTICED THAT THE STAPLE LINE HAD FALLEN APART. THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY WAS GIVEN A DIVERTING ILEOSTOMY AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE ICU. NO FURTHER INFO IS AVAILABLE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 EEA 31MM SINGLE-USE STAPLER DISPOSABLE SURGICAL STAPLER GDW NORTH HAVEN - USS UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R| S