FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROXIMATE CIRCULAR STAPLER

MDR report key: 4152018 · Received October 8, 2014

Report

Report Number
3005075853-2014-06790
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 8, 2014
Date of Event
September 11, 2014
Report Date
September 17, 2014
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC.
Product Code
GDW
PMA / PMN Number
K983536
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BR
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED BY THE CONTACT. INFORMATION IS UNAVAILABLE; DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A RECTOSIGMOIDECTOMY FOR SIGMOID DIVERTICULAR DISEASE PROCEDURE, WHEN WE USE THE DEVICE, THE CIRCULAR STAPLER LINEAR CUTTING 75. ON THIS OCCASION THE RINGS WERE INTACT AND OPERATING THE TIRE FITTER WAS POSITIVE. THE PATIENT DEVELOPED FISTULA IN COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS IN THE SEVENTH POSTOPERATIVE DAY WHEN WE FOUND THE PARTIAL DEHISCENCE WITH FECES IN THE PELVIC CAVITY. A TEMPORARY COLOSTOMY WAS MADE. ANOTHER LIKE DEVICE WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. ONE DEVICE WAS DISCARDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
632632 PROXIMATE CIRCULAR STAPLER STAPLE, IMPLANTABLE GDW ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, LLC. NA L4EF7H

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention