FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LIGAMAX-5MM

MDR report key: 2111805 · Received June 2, 2011

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2011-02248
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 2, 2011
Report Date
May 10, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
FZP
PMA / PMN Number
K050344
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE SALES REP SPOKE TO THE SURGEON TO INQUIRE HOW HIS PATIENT WAS DOING AND HE INDICATED THE PATIENT WAS DOING FINE. HE DID MENTION, ALTHOUGH NOT SURE, THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A STONE IN THE CBD THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE POST-OP LEAK.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE; DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT HAD A POST OP LEAK AT THE CYSTIC DUCT. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MANY DAYS POST OP THE LEAK WAS DISCOVERED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF OTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTS WERE PERFORMED. A STENT WAS PLACED IN THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT IS CURRENTLY OKAY. DURING THE ORIGINAL CASE THE DEVICE FIRED FINE AND THERE WERE NO NOISES. THE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIGAMAX-5MM CLIP, IMPLANTABLE FZP ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention