FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

COVIDIEN

MDR report key: 2467272 · Received February 20, 2012

Report

Report Number
MW5024330
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 20, 2012
Date of Event
December 27, 2011
Report Date
February 20, 2012
Manufacturer
COVIDIEN - VALLEY LAB
Product Code
GEI
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PHYSICIAN WAS PERFORMING EXAM UNDER ANESTHESIA. EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY. LYSIS OF ADHESION. TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY. BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY. EN BLOC RECTOSIGMOID RESECTION. UPPER VAGINECTOMY. BILATERAL PELVIC PERIAORTIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION. OMENTECTOMY. APPENDECTOMY. CYSTOSCOPY. MOBILIZATION OF SPLENIC FLEXURE. A 25-MM SIDE END, FUNCTIONAL END-TO-END RECTOSIGMOID ANASTOMOSIS. THIS WAS THE SECOND OF TWO COVIDIEN LIGASURE IMPACT TISSUE FUSION OPEN INSTRUMENTS THAT MALFUNCTIONED BY THE JAWS NOT REOPENING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 COVIDIEN COVIDIEN LIGASURE IMPACT TISSUE FUSION OPEN GEI COVIDIEN - VALLEY LAB LF4200 218445LX

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 48 YR Disability