FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MONO DISSECTING SEALER DS3.0

MDR report key: 5060868 · Received September 8, 2015

Report

Report Number
1226420-2015-00150
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 8, 2015
Date of Event
May 11, 2015
Report Date
August 10, 2015
Manufacturer
MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY, LLC
Product Code
GEI
PMA / PMN Number
K014260
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

PRODUCT EVENT # (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IF INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE ISSUED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

LIVER RESECTION USING CAVITRON ULTRA SURGICAL ASPIRATION (CUSA) VERSUS HARMONIC SCALPEL: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY ADAM S. BODZIN, BENJAMIN E. LEIBY, CARLO G. RAMIREZ, ADAM M. FRANK, CATALDO DORIA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY (2014) ISSUE #12 DX.DOI.ORG/10.1016/J.IJSU.2014.02.007 THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF TWO DEVICE COMBINATIONS USED IN PARENCHYMAL DIVISION DURING HEPATIC RESECTIONS IN NON-CIRRHOTIC PATIENTS AND WITHOUT INFLOW VASCULAR OCCLUSION. WE RETROSPECTIVELY ANALYZED 47 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT LIVER RESECTION AT OUR INSTITUTION FROM 2004 TO 2010 USING THE TISSUELINK WITH EITHER THE CAVITRON ULTRASONIC SURGICAL ASPIRATOR (CUSA) OR THE HARMONIC SCALPEL. THE TISSUELINK WAS USED WITH THE CUSA IN 27 PATIENTS AND WITH THE HARMONIC SCALPEL IN 20 PATIENTS. THERE WERE 7 TOTAL PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DOCUMENTED IN THE CUSA/TISSUELINK GROUP WHICH INCLUDED TWO CLAVIEN-DINDO GRADE II COM PLICATIONS: 1 DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS, 1 PNEUMONIA; FOUR CLAVIEN-DINDO GRADE III COMPLICATIONS: 3 BILE LEAKS, 1 GASTROINTESTINAL BLEED; AND ONE CLAVIEN-DINDO GRADE V COMPLICATION: INTRAOPERATIVE DEATH DUE TO MASSIVE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. THERE WERE 4 COMPLICATIONS SEEN IN THE HARMONIC SCALPEL/TISSUE-LINK GROUP INCLUDING ONE CLAVIEN-DINDO GRADE II COMPLICATION: 1 PNEUMONIA; TWO CLAVIEN-DINDO GRADE III COMPLICATIONS: 1 BILE LEAK, 1 INTRA-ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; AND ONE CLAVIEN-DINDO GRADE V COMPLICATION: 1 PERIOPERATIVE DEATH DUE TO MULTI-SYSTEM ORGAN FAILURE SECONDARY TO CMV INFECTION. NO UNIQUE PATIENT INFORMATION THEREFORE ALL PATIENT OUTCOMES WILL BE REPORTED IN ONE MDR REPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
592733 MONO DISSECTING SEALER DS3.0 ELECTROSURGICAL, CUTTING & COAGULATION & ACCESSORIES GEI MEDTRONIC ADVANCED ENERGY, LLC 13-101-1 UNKNOWN

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1