FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DAVINCI XI

MDR report key: 21934456 · Received April 30, 2025

Report

Report Number
2955842-2025-17350
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 30, 2025
Date of Event
September 20, 2024
Report Date
April 3, 2025
Manufacturer
INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC
Product Code
NAY
PMA / PMN Number
K131861
Removal / Correction Number
N/A
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

A SYSTEM LOG REVIEW WAS NOT PERFORMED SINCE THERE IS INSUFFICIENT OR UNCONFIRMED EVENT INFORMATION. IMAGE(S) AND/OR VIDEO CLIP(S) ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORTED EVENT WERE NOT SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW. CITATION: WINTER, M., ET AL. (2024). SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ROBOTIC CARDIAC SURGERY: RISK FACTORS AND CLINICAL OUTCOME. JOURNAL OF ROBOTIC SURGERY, 18(1). HTTPS://DOI.ORG/10.1007/S11701-024-02112-4. INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) HAS MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; HOWEVER, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, NO NEW INFORMATION HAS BEEN OBTAINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

A REVIEW OF A LITERATURE ARTICLE 'SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ROBOTIC CARDIAC SURGERY: RISK FACTORS AND CLINICAL OUTCOME¿ WAS PERFORMED. A TOTAL OF 121 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT ROBOTIC CARDIAC SURGERY DURING THE TIMEFRAME OF JULY 2021 TO JULY 2023 WERE CONSIDERED FOR THIS STUDY. OF THESE, 63 PATIENTS (54.3%) UNDERWENT ROBOTICALLY ASSISTED MITRAL VALVE REPAIR. THE ARTICLE NOTED THAT DURING THESE DA VINCI SURGERIES, COMPLICATIONS, SUCH AS, SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA (SE) WERE REPORTED. WHILE THE DOCUMENT DOES NOT EXPLICITLY ASSOCIATE SE WITH THE ROBOT ITSELF, IT HIGHLIGHTS FACTORS SUCH AS THE USE OF LARGER PORTS (8 MM) AND LONGER PROCEDURE TIMES IN ROBOTIC CARDIAC SURGERY, WHICH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE HIGHER INCIDENCE OF SE. ADDITIONALLY, SE WAS MORE COMMON IN ROBOTIC MITRAL VALVE REPAIR COMPARED TO ROBOTIC CORONARY BYPASS PROCEDURES, POTENTIALLY DUE TO INCREASED LUNG MANIPULATION REQUIRED FOR MITRAL VALVE ACCESS. OTHER SIGNIFICANT REPORTED POST PROCEDURE COMPLICATIONS INCLUDED PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOTHORAX, AND CONVERSION TO STERNOTOMY. APPROXIMATELY ONE OUT OF FIVE PATIENTS WITH SEVERE SE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL THORACIC DRAINAGE IN ADDITION TO AN INCREASED NEED FOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) IMAGING. THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC DA VINCI DEVICE MALFUNCTIONS REPORTED, NOR DID THE AUTHOR ALLEGE THAT INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) PRODUCTS CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO ANY ADVERSE EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
2369507 DAVINCI XI PATIENT SIDE CART, 4-ARM NAY INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC 380652 UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NA Unknown Hospitalization| R DA VINCI INSTRUMENTS AND ACCESSORIES