BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM

    MDR report key: 3380043 · Received October 1, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2955842-2013-03879
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    October 1, 2013
    Date of Event
    March 2, 2009
    Report Date
    September 4, 2013
    Manufacturer
    INTUITIVE SURGICAL,INC.
    Product Code
    NAY
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MD
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) HAS NOT DETERMINED THE ROOT CAUSE FOR THE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS EXPERIENCED BY THE PATIENT. THE JOURNAL ARTICLE DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY OCCURRED IN RELATION TO THE REPORTED EVENT. ISI HAS MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT A PHYSICIAN WHO CO-AUTHORED THE JOURNAL ARTICLE TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE REPORTED EVENT; HOWEVER, NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT. A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: THE JOURNAL ARTICLE INDICATED THAT A PATIENT SUSTAINED A URETERAL INJURY AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THE PATIENT'S REPORTED INJURIES OCCURRED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    ON (B)(6) 2013, INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) RECEIVED A JOURNAL ARTICLE BY COOPER ET AL TITLED, UNDERREPORTING OF ROBOTIC SURGERY COMPLICATIONS. IN THIS ARTICLE, THE AUTHORS REPORTED COMPLICATIONS REPORTED IN MAUDE DATABASE OR LEXISNEXIS, AND PACER (PUBLIC ACCESS TO COURT ELECTRONIC RECORDS) FROM JANUARY 1, 2000 TO AUGUST 1, 2012. ACCORDING TO A REPORTED INJURY THE ARTICLE, A PATIENT SUSTAINED A URETERAL INJURY AND RENAL INSUFFICIENCY AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI HYSTERECTOMY PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT. THE HOSPITAL NAME AND DA VINCI SYSTEM SERIAL INVOLVED WITH THIS COMPLAINT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE. ARTICLE INFORMATION: TITLE: UNDERREPORTING OF ROBOTIC SURGERY COMPLICATIONS AUTHORS: MICHOL A. COOPER, ANDREW IBRAHIM, HEATHER LYU, MARTIN A. MAKARY PUBLISHED DATE: 08/27/2013 LINK: (B)(6).

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    495328 DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM NAY INTUITIVE SURGICAL,INC.

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention DA VINCI SURGICAL SYSTEM, INSTRUMENTS, ACCESSORIE