FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

CERAMIC INSULATION INTERLUBE RESECTOSCOPE

MDR report key: 219630 · Received April 16, 1999

Report

Report Number
219630
Event Type
Death
Date Received
April 16, 1999
Date of Event
April 6, 1999
Report Date
April 15, 1999
Manufacturer
KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICAN
Product Code
FED
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INTACT RESECTOSCOPE SHEATH AND OBTURATOR WERE PREASSEMBLED AND FUNCTIONAL AT THE START OF SURGERY. LATER DURING THE PROSTATE RESECTION, A WHITE OBJECT WAS NOTED ON THE TV MONITOR. DR MADE ATTEMPTS TO IRRIGATE THE OBJECT FROM THE BLADDER, THE PROSTATE RESECTION WAS CONTINUED. THE PT BECAME BRADYCARDIC, TREATMENTS WERE STARTED BY ANESTHESIA AND STAFF. DR NOTED ABDOMINAL DISTENSION, THE RESECTOSCOPE WAS REMOVED BY DR AND A DEFECTIVE END WAS NOTED BY THE SURGEON. AN INVENTORY OF ALL RESECTOSCOPE SHEATHS SHOWED ONE OTHER RESECTOSCOPE SHEATH 27040 XB/XD/26040 XB WHICH HAD A HAIRLINE FRACTURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CERAMIC INSULATION INTERLUBE RESECTOSCOPE RESECTOSCOPE SHEATH FED KARL STORZ ENDOSCOPY-AMERICAN 27040 XB/XD KN01

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR Death