FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

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MDR report key: 382851 · Received March 15, 2002

Report

Report Number
MW1024414
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 15, 2002
Date of Event
February 17, 2002
Report Date
March 8, 2002
Manufacturer
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Product Code
GAO
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
MA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT IS S/P TRANSANAL EXCISION FOR TI RECTAL CANCER IN 2002. TWELVE DAYS LATER, PT AT HOME AND EXPERIENCED PAINLESS RECTAL BLEEDING. PT WENT TO LOCAL HOSP AND WAS ADMITTED. THE NEXT DAY, A FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED AND NO ACTIVE BLEEDING WAS FOUND. THERE WAS AN AREA CONSISTENT WITH AN EXPELLED SUTURE. PT WAS DISCHARGED HOME THE NEXT DAY. INITIAL HOSPITALIZATION WAS 2 DAYS IN 2002.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 * SUTURE GAO * * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 37 YR Other