FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ALPHAMAXX

MDR report key: 7790344 · Received August 15, 2018

Report

Report Number
7790344
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 15, 2018
Date of Event
August 8, 2018
Report Date
August 13, 2018
Manufacturer
MAQUET INC.
Product Code
FQO
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

(B)(6) Y/O FEMALE WAS UNDERGOING A DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPIC PROCEDURE TO EVALUATE POSSIBLE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION / ILEUS FOLLOWING SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2018 (ROBOTIC RIGHT HEMICOLECTOMY FOR ASCENDING COLON ADENOCARCINOMA). DURING THE LAPAROSCOPY ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PHYSICIAN ASKED THE TABLE POSITION BE ALTERED FROM A REVERSE TRENDELENBURG POSITION TO A TRENDELENBURG POSITION. THE HYDRAULICS OF THE TABLE JARRED DURING THE POSITION CHANGE CAUSING A SUDDEN DROPPING OF THE TABLE. THE PHYSICIAN HAD AN INSTRUMENT GRASPING THE BOWEL DURING THIS EVENT, AND IT LED TO TWO ENTEROTOMIES OF THE BOWEL. THE PT WAS SECURED AND ASSESSED, AND THEN TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER OPERATING TABLE. THE CASE WAS RESUMED WITH THE DECISION TO CONVERT TO AN OPEN LAPAROTOMY. ONE ENTEROTOMY WAS REPAIRED AND THE OTHER AREA WAS RESECTED. THE PT WAS THEN RECOVERED AND RETURNED TO HER PRE-OPERATIVE BED. AFTER THE VENDOR ANALYSIS, THE TABLE WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND IS BEING REPLACED. THIS MEDWATCH REPORT IS BEING FILED TODAY, 08/13/2018. FULL DISCLOSURE WAS MADE TO THE HUSBAND AND TO THE PT BY THE PHYSICIAN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
628947 ALPHAMAXX OPERATING ROOM TABLE FQO MAQUET INC. 113302F2

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 83 YR Hospitalization| O