FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROXIMATE PPH PROCEDURE SET

MDR report key: 1111064 · Received August 13, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2008-01140
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 13, 2008
Date of Event
July 24, 2008
Report Date
July 29, 2008
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K051301
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE SENT: 8/12/2008. INFO ANTICIPATED, BUT UNAVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A STAPLED ANOPEXY PROCEDURE; THE KNIFE CUT, BUT THE STAPLES DID NOT FORM INTO THE B SHAPE AND STAYED IN A C SHAPE. THE PT BLED HEAVILY IN RECOVERY, POST SURGERY AND WAS READMITTED TO THEATRES FOR CORRECTION AND SURGEON HAD TO HAND SUTURE. THE PT WAS DISCHARGED HOME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROXIMATE PPH PROCEDURE SET GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC NA E4LD45

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention