FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

10 MM ENDOSCOPIC ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER

MDR report key: 3020798 · Received March 20, 2013

Report

Report Number
MW5029460
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 20, 2013
Date of Event
March 18, 2013
Report Date
March 20, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON
Product Code
FZP
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT WITH SYMPTOMATIC CHOLELITHIASIS, UNDERWENT AN ELECTIVE LAP CHOLE ON (B)(6) 2013. THE SURGEON REPORTED THAT THE CLIP FAILED AT THE CROTCH OF THE DUCT DURING SURGERY. ENDO LOOPS WERE USED TO FINISH THE PROCEDURE. WE THEN ISOLATED THE CYSTIC DUCT. WE ALSO ISOLATED THE CYSTIC ARTERY, AND WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD CRITICAL VIEW, SO WE PLACED 1 DISTAL CLIP TO THE DISTAL CYSTIC DUCT AND 2 CLIPS ON THE PROXIMAL CYSTIC DUCT, AND ALSO 1 CLIP TO THE DISTAL CYSTIC ARTERY AND 2 CLIPS ON THE PROXIMAL CYSTIC ARTERY. THERE WAS A BULGE ON THE CLIPS OF THE CYSTIC DUCT, BOTH DISTAL AND PROXIMAL PORTIONS, AND SO WE PLACED THE ENDOLOOP JUST PROXIMAL TO THE CLIP, AND WE CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO BILE LEAK FROM THE PROXIMAL CYSTIC DUCT. A PICTURE WAS TAKEN AND THE GUN WAS SAVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
115573 10 MM ENDOSCOPIC ROTATING MULTIPLE CLIP APPLIER LIGA CLIP 10 ML DISPOSABLE W/20 MED/LG TITANIUM CLIPS FZP ETHICON REF ER320 K4C293

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 50 YR Hospitalization