FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROXIMATE ILS CURVED CIR STAPL

MDR report key: 1221933 · Received November 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2008-02836
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 5, 2008
Date of Event
September 4, 2008
Report Date
October 13, 2008
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K983536
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FR
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE SENT: 11/05/2008. INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE; DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A COLOSTOMY PROCEDURE, STAPLES WOULD NOT HOLD. DIFFICULT TO EXTRACT THE DEVICE FROM THE PATIENT. THE ANASTOMOSIS DROPPED WHEN INSTALLING THE RECTAL PROBE TO CHECK THE TIGHTNESS. ABSENCE OF STAPLES ON THE PROXIMAL STUMP. NO STAPLES ON THE PORTION OF THE PROXIMAL INTESTINE. IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE ANASTOMOSIS. CONVERSION. THE PATIENT IS WELL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROXIMATE ILS CURVED CIR STAPL GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA D4G47D

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention