UNKNOWN ENDO GIA SULU
Report
- Report Number
- 1219930-2025-04728
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- October 16, 2025
- Date of Event
- June 26, 2025
- Report Date
- October 16, 2025
- Manufacturer
- COVIDIEN SURGICAL
- Product Code
- GDW
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- IT
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
Narratives
MATTEO DE PASTENA, GABRIELLA LIONETTO, SALVATORE PAIELLA, MARTINA MARUCCIO, FEDERICO FAUSTINI, ELISA VENTURINI, ANTONIO PEA, FABIO C ASCIANI, GIUSEPPE MALLEO, AND ALESSANDRO ESPOSITO. "SURGICAL AND ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE LEFT PANCREATECTOMY FOR PANCREATIC CANCER: ROBOTIC VS. LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACH." CURR. ONCOL. 2025, 32, 376. MEDTRONIC SUBMITS THIS REPORT TO COMPLY WITH FDA REGULATIONS 21 CFR PARTS 4 AND 803. MEDTRONIC HAS MADE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION AS IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY AS OF THE SUBMISSION DATE OF THIS REPORT. THIS REPORT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADMISSION OR A CONCLUSION BY FDA, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEES THAT THE DEVICE, MEDTRONIC, OR ITS EMPLOYEE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE EVENT DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT. ANY REQUIRED FIELDS THAT ARE UNPOPULATED ARE BLANK BECAUSE THE INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN OR UNAVAILABLE. MEDTRONIC WILL SUBMIT A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT IF ADDITIONAL RELEVANT INFORMATION BECOMES KNOWN.
ACCORDING TO THE LITERATURE SOURCE OF STUDY PERFORMED BETWEEN JANUARY 2013 AND DECEMBER 2023, A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY COMPARED THE OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS ROBOTIC LEFT PANCREATECTOMY FOR THE TREATMENT O PANCREATIC CANCER. A TOTAL OF 54 PATIENTS WERE INCLUDED AND UNDERWENT MINIMALLY INVASIVE LEFT PANCREATECTOMY (MILP) FOR PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA (PDAC) DURING THE STUDY PERIOD. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PANCREATIC STUMP WAS MANAGED WITH A 60-MILLIMETER (MM) REINFORCED RELOAD WITH TRI-STAPLE TECHNOLOGY OR A COMPETITOR ULTRASONIC DISSECTOR. COMPLICATIONS INCLUDED CONVERSION TO OPEN, INTRA OPERATIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSION, CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT POST-OPERATIVE PANCREATIC FISTULA, POST-PANCREATECTOMY HEMORRHAGE AND ORGAN/SPACE SURGICAL SITE INFECTION. REOPERATION AND/OR READMISSION WAS REQUIRED IN 2 PATIENTS.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2737159 | UNKNOWN ENDO GIA SULU | STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE | GDW | COVIDIEN SURGICAL | UNKNOWN ENDO GIA SULU |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NA | Unknown | Required Intervention| H |