FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RING (CAR 27)

MDR report key: 1910583 · Received November 19, 2010

Report

Report Number
3005278776-2010-00146
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 19, 2010
Date of Event
October 1, 2010
Report Date
October 21, 2010
Manufacturer
NITI SURGICAL SOLUTIONS LTD.
Product Code
FZP
PMA / PMN Number
K062008
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL

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 DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, HOWEVER, THE PRODUCT HISTORY FILES WERE REVIEWED, INDICATING THAT THE DEVICE WAS RELEASED ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS. THE CASE IS A LOW RECTAL ANASTOMOSIS THAT HAS BEEN DIVERTED. IN SUCH CASES, DUE TO LACK OF PERISTALTIC MOVEMENT, THE RING MAY NEED TO BE REMOVED DIGITALLY, AS DONE BY THE SURGEON IN THIS CASE. ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE, INCLUDING ABSCESSES, IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON COMPLICATIONS OF COLORECTAL ANASTOMOTIC PROCEDURES WITH BOTH STAPLERS AND COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES. THE CURRENT CUMULATIVE LEAK RATE FOLLOWING USE OF COLONRING DEVICE IS WITHIN THE LOW RANGE REPORTED IN THE LITERATURE FOR ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES. OBESITY, WHICH INDICATED IN THIS CASE, IS KNOWN TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF ANASTOMOTIC FAILURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ANASTOMOSIS WITH THE COLONRING WAS CREATED IN A PATIENT WHO UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC ANTERIOR RESECTION PROCEDURE (5 CM FROM THE ANAL VERGE) DUE TO RECTAL CANCER. ON POD 13, THE COLONRING WAS MANUALLY REMOVED BY THE SURGEON. ON POD 22 ((B)(6) 2010), THE SUBJECT EXPERIENCED BACK PAIN THAT WAS SUSPECTED AS RECTAL ABSCESS. ON (B)(6) 2010, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE PATIENT HAS INTRA-ABDOMINAL ABSCESS WITH RADIOLOGICALLY CONFIRMED LEAK. THE ABSCESS WAS TREATED WITH DRAINAGE AND ANTIBIOTIC (FLAGYL).

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) 43001004

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Required Intervention FOSINOPRIL NATRIUM| AERIUS| CODEINEFOSFAAT