FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RING (CAR 27)

MDR report key: 1897443 · Received November 3, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005278776-2010-00144
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 3, 2010
Date of Event
October 3, 2010
Report Date
October 4, 2010
Manufacturer
NITI SURGICAL SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Product Code
FZP
PMA / PMN Number
K062008
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BE
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THIS REPORT IS SUBMITTED ON BEHALF OF THE MANUFACTURER (NITI SURGICAL SOLUTIONS LTD; 3005278776) AND THE IMPORTER (B)(4), AS NITI SURGICAL SOLUTIONS LTD. SERVES AS THE DESIGNATED COMPLAINT HANDLING UNIT FOR BOTH FACILITIES. THE PRODUCTION HISTORY FILES WERE REVIEWED, INDICATING THAT THE DEVICE WAS RELEASED ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. THE DEVICE WAS RETURNED AND EVALUATED. NO FAILURE WAS DETECTED AND THE RING WAS FOUND TO BE WITHIN ITS SPECIFICATIONS. ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON COMPLICATIONS OF COLORECTAL ANASTOMOTIC PROCEDURES WITH THE CURRENT CUMULATIVE LEAK RATE FOUND WITH THE USE OF THE COLON RING DEVICE IS WITHIN THE LOW RANGE REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE FOR ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES. THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SIGNIFICANT UNDERWEIGHT (B)(6). PATIENT'S CO-MORBIDITIES INCLUDING HEAVY NICOTINE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, AS WELL AS HIS IMPAIRED NUTRITIONAL STATUS PRIOR TO THE COLORECTAL SURGERY (I.E. LOW ALBUMIN) ARE KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF ANASTOMOTIC FAILURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A LEAK WAS REPORTED IN A PT WHO UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC ANTERIOR RESECTION PROCEDURE, DUE TO DIVERTICULITIS: "PATIENT STARTED TO SUFFER FROM ABDOMINAL PAINS ON OCTOBER 3RD. HE ARRIVED TO THE HOSPITAL ON OCTOBER 4TH. HE HAD: SWOLLEN ABDOMEN, VOMITING, CREPITUS RIGHT SIDE. ON OCTOBER 5TH, A CT SCAN DEMONSTRATED A PROBABLE PERFORATION ON THE CRANIAL SIDE OF THE ANASTOMOSIS. ON OCTOBER 5TH, A TAKE DOWN OF THE ANASTOMOSIS AS WELL AS A HARTMANN PROCEDURE WERE PERFORMED."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RING (CAR 27) IMPLANTABLE CLIP (FZP) FZP NITI SURGICAL SOLUTIONS, LTD. CAR 27 (COLONRING) 43001006

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 66 YR Required Intervention AMOXICILLINE| CALVULAANZUUR