BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    POWER MORCELLATOR INVOLVED IN MORCELLATION

    MDR report key: 6348650 · Received February 20, 2017

    Report

    Report Number
    MW5067976
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    February 20, 2017
    Date of Event
    March 8, 2012
    Report Date
    February 20, 2017
    Manufacturer
    UNK
    Product Code
    HET
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    NC, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    DURING A HYSTERECTOMY, MY SISTER UNDERWENT A LAPAROSCOPIC REMOVAL OF HER UTERUS VIA MORCELLATION AS A MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPERATION. THE RESULTS OF THE LAB WORK SHOWED THE TISSUE TO BE CANCEROUS WHICH MEANT THOSE CELLS HAD BEEN "SCATTERED" THROUGHOUT HER ABDOMINAL CAVITY. THREE YEARS OF ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS, CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION, AND SUFFERING FOLLOWED AND ENDED WITH HER DEATH ON (B)(6) 2015.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    126469 POWER MORCELLATOR INVOLVED IN MORCELLATION LAPAROSCOPE GYNECOLOGIC HET UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 63 YR Death| H| L| S