FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LINA POWER MORCELLATOR

MDR report key: 8320285 · Received February 7, 2019

Report

Report Number
MW5083832
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 7, 2019
Date of Event
July 19, 2017
Report Date
February 6, 2019
Manufacturer
LINA MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AG
Product Code
NWV
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PATIENT UNDERWENT POWER MORCELLATION USING THE VERSION OF THIS DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY LINA DURING THE COURSE OF A ROBOTIC MYOMECTOMY PROCEDURE FOR SYMPTOMATIC FIBROID DISEASE, ASSUMED TO BE BENIGN. THE PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL IN (B)(6). THE PATIENT WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A UTERINE SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA MASQUERADING AS A FIBROID DISEASE- DESPITE CONCERNING FEATURES AND CLINICAL SYMPTOMS. THE PATIENT WAS NOT CONSENTED FOR THE USE OF A POWER MORCELLATOR DURING THE MYOMECTOMY OPERATION. WITHIN SEVERAL MONTHS, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED EXTENSIVE ABDOMINAL SARCOMATOSIS AND IS NOW BATTLING AN ADVANCED STAGE IATROGENIC ABDOMINAL SARCOMATOSIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
106793 LINA POWER MORCELLATOR LAPAROSCOPE, GYNECOLOGIC AND ACCESSORIES NWV LINA MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AG

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 37 YR Hospitalization| L| O| R| S