FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PREMIUM PLUS CEEA 28 INSTR. W/TILT-TOP

MDR report key: 1081300 · Received July 22, 2008

Report

Report Number
2647580-2008-00425
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 22, 2008
Date of Event
June 20, 2008
Report Date
July 21, 2008
Manufacturer
PONCE - USS
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K001895
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PROCEDURE TYPE: LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION. ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER: THE SURGEON HAD NOTED THAT THE TISSUE ON THE ANVIL WAS SLIGHTLY THINNER THAN USUAL BUT DECIDED TO STILL USE THE STAPLER. AFTERWARDS THE SURGEON ADMINISTERED AN AIR TEST WHICH SHOWED 2 TO 3 BUBBLES FROM THE ANASTOMOSIS. FURTHERMORE, THE DISTAL TISSUE SPECIMEN WAS MISSING MAJORITY OF THE TISSUE. THE SURGEON THEN DECIDED TO OVER-SEW TRANS-ANALLY THE AREA WHICH THEN RESULTED IN THE POSITIVE OUTCOME (COLOSTOMY FOR 4-6 WEEKS). NO PT INJURY WAS REPORTED. THE PT IS IN WELL CURRENT CONDITION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PREMIUM PLUS CEEA 28 INSTR. W/TILT-TOP DISPOSABLE SURGICAL STAPLER GDW PONCE - USS UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 60 YR Hospitalization| R