FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GREENLIGHT HPS LASER SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3261261 · Received July 31, 2013

Report

Report Number
2937094-2013-00833
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 31, 2013
Date of Event
April 1, 2012
Report Date
July 11, 2013
Manufacturer
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
GEX
PMA / PMN Number
K062719
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NO INFO IS AVAILABLE REGARDING SERIAL NUMBER OF THE LASER USED; THE DOCTOR BELIEVES IT WAS A 120W SYSTEM (HPS GREENLIGHT LASER SYSTEM).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT WAS "COMPLETELY INCONTINENT POST OP AND NEVER RECOVERED". THE PHYSICIAN STATES, "I AM NOT SURE WHY IT HAPPENED; MAYBE THE PT HAD AN INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFICIENCY" PRIOR TO THE SURGERY. PT/USER OUTCOME: PT IS INCONTINENT AND HAS NOT RECOVERED."

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
357110 GREENLIGHT HPS LASER SYSTEM POWERED SURGICAL LASER INSTRUMENT GEX AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS 0010-0070

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Disability