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Not graded by the source2023-06-17FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00012Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, (B)(6) REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION ON (B)(6) 2023. ON (B)(6) 2023 THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF FEVER, GENERAL DISCOMFORT, AND WEAKNESS. A DIGITAL EXAMINATION CONFIRMED THAT THE ANASTOMOSIS WAS NORMAL. AS FEVER WAS 39.5 AND SUDDEN, IN ORDER TO BE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO ISCHEMIC CHANGES IN THE COLON WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO SMALL PELVIS FOR COLO-ANAL ANASTOMOSIS, FLEXIBLE PROCTOSCOPY WAS DONE. IT REVEALED NECROTIC DISTAL COLON (APPROX. 5-10 CM) ABOVE ANASTOMOSIS. AN URGENT LAPAROTOMY WAS PERFORMED: THE COLON WAS BROUGHT FROM SMALL PELVIS, RESECTED, AND TERMINAL COLOSTOMY WAS DONE SAME DAY. ANUS (VERY SHORT RECTAL STUMP) WAS CLOSED WITH PURSESTRING SUTURE. THE SURGICAL FOLLOW-UP WAS UNEVENTFUL, BUT DUE TO URINARY RETENTION ON (B)(6) 2023 AN EPICYSTOSTOMY WAS PERFORMED FOR A DATE OF RESOLUTION ON (B)(6) 2023. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE. THE EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) -2023 AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS MADE AWARE ON 08-SEPTEMBER-2023.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00012Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-12-18FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00001Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE EVENT WAS MADE AWARE ON 12/19/2023. THE EVENT OCCURRED AT (B)(6). AS INITIALLY REPORTED BY THE COMPLAINANT, ON THURSDAY, (B)(6) 2022, DOCTOR VISSCHERS, PERFORMED A FUNDOPLICATION ON A PEDIATRIC FEMALE PATIENT. THE PATIENT WAS DOING WELL AND WAS DISCHARGED ON FRIDAY, (B)(6) 2022. NO CHANGE TO THE SURGICAL APPROACH OR ADDITIONAL PORTS WERE NEEDED. ON SUNDAY, (B)(6) 2022 THE PATIENT WAS READMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL WITH PERSISTENT ABDOMINAL PAIN, WHICH REQUIRED A SECOND OPERATION. THE SURGEONS DIAGNOSED A PERFORATION OF THE WRAP, SURROUNDING THE ESOPHAGUS, DEEMED TO BE RELATED TO A THERMAL LESION AFFECTING THE VASA PREVIA, NAMELY THE BRANCHES OF SPLENIC ARTERY AND VEIN THAT RUN TO THE GREATER CURVATURE OF THE STOMACH. THE PATIENT WAS THEREFORE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS AND 2 DRAINS WERE APPLIED ON THE STOMACH AND SMALL PELVIS. SUBSEQUENT ECHOGRAPHY AND GASTROSCOPY REVEALED NO INDICATION OF A PERSISTENT PERFORATION. ON FRIDAY,(B)(6) 2022 THE PATIENT WAS DOING WELL AND WAS REPORTED TO BE LIVELY AND ACTIVE. THE SURGEON AND THE COMPLAINANT REPORTED THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT RELATED TO THE USE OF THE SENHANCE SYSTEM USED IN THE FIRST PROCEDURE PERFORMED BUT RATHER INDUCED BY ELECTROCAUTERY.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00001Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-10-21FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00006Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE EVENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2022, INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON (B)(6) 2023. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SUTURE FAILURE WHICH REQUIRED INTERVENTION FOR TREATMENT (RESOLVED ON (B)(6) 2022). INTERVENTION INCLUDED, RELAPAROSCOPY, COLONOSCOPY, AND ENDOVAC THERAPY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00006Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-09-05FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00009Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, DR. (B)(6) REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, A GASTROSCOPY WAS PERFORMED FOR DYSPHAGIA. THIS EVENT REVEALED A BOLUS OCCLUSION IN THE LOWER ESOPHAGUS WITH NECROSIS OF THE WALL TO INDICATE AN ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED VIA RE-LAPAROSCOPY, ESOPHAGEAL SUTURE, ESOSPONGE, AND SEVERAL VAC CHANGES. VAC THERAPY WAS COMPLETED ON (B)(6) 2022 ON (B)(6) 2022, AN X-RAY SWALLOW SHOWED TIGHTNESS AND AFTER A SLOW BUILD-UP OF FOOD, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON (B)(6) 2022. AT HOME THE PATIENT WAS LISTLESS AND WAS RE-ADMITTED AS INPATIENT FROM (B)(6) 2022 THRU (B)(6) 2022 WHEN SHE WAS DISCHARGED. AFTER THIS PERIOD, PATIENT DID WELL WITH NO WEIGHT LOSS AND NO DYSPHAGIA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS CERTAIN. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2022, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 02-DECEMBER- 2022.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00009Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-08-17FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00014Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, PROF. (B)(6), REPORTED A TRANSABDOMINAL PREPERITONEAL REPAIR (RTAPP) WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022, AND NEXT DAY THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED WITHOUT PROBLEMS. ON (B)(6) 2022 THE PATIENT HAD ABDOMINAL PAIN AND INFLAMMATION FOR WHICH AN ORGAN LESION WAS SUSPECTED AND THE PATIENT WAS RE-OPERATED. THE RE-SURGERY FOUND A THERMIC LESION OF THE SMALL BOWEL (3CM) WITH ABSCESS FOR WHICH AN OPEN RESECTION AND ILEOASCENDOSTOMY WERE PERFORMED. THE PATIENT FOLLOW-UP WAS UNEVENTFUL NOTING A (B)(6) 2022 DATE OF RESOLUTION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6) IN GERMANY. ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2022, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 25-SEPTEMBER-2022.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00014Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-06-21FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00011Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) -2022, THE COMPLAINANT, (B)(6) REPORTED THAT ON DAY 7, PATIENT COMPLAINED OF FEVER AND NOTED PURULENT DISCHARGE FROM THE ANUS; ADDITIONALLY, PATIENT PRESENTED WITH LEUKOCYTOSIS AND ELEVATED CRP. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE AS REVEALED BY DIGITAL EXAMINATION FOR WHICH ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED (METRONIDAZOLE-500 MG 3X DAILY AND CEFUROXIME-1 G). PATIENT SYMPTOMS DISSAPEARED FOR A RESOLUTION DATE OF (B)(6) 2022. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE. THE EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2022, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 09-AUGUST-2023.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00011Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-05-28FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00015Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, (B)(6), REPORTED THAT A PATIENT EXPERIENCED NARROW STENOSIS IN THE GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL AREA AND VOMITING FOR WHICH TREATMENT WITH ANTIEMETICS WAS ADMINISTRATED (DOMPERIDONE-50,00 MG TOTAL DOSAGE); ADDITIONALLY, AN OGD + DILATATION WAS PERFORMED FOR A (B)(6) 2022 DATE OF RESOLUTION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS WESEL GMBH IN GERMANY. ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON 28-MAY-2022, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 04-JULY-2022.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00015Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-05-28FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00007Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, (B)(6), REPORTED THAT A PATIENT EXPERIENCED NARROW STENOSIS IN THE GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL AREA AND VOMITING FOR WHICH TREATMENT WITH ANTIEMETICS WAS ADMINISTRATED (DOMPERIDONE-50,00 MG TOTAL DOSAGE); ADDITIONALLY, AN OGD + DILATATION WAS PERFORMED FOR A (B)(6) 2022 DATE OF RESOLUTION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2022, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 29-JUNE-2022.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00007Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-02-24FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00002Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE EVENT OCCURED IN (B)(6) HOSPITAL IN AUSTRIA. THE EVENT OCCURED ON 2/24/2022, AND INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 9/6/2022. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED RECTAL PERFORATION WHICH WAS TREATED (RESOLVED ON (B)(6) 2022). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS PROBABLE.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00002Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2022-02-10FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00010Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, DR. (B)(6) , REPORTED PATIENT HAD HYPOTENSIVE ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY WITH RESIDUAL PRESSURE AT 37MMHG AND NICOTINE ABUSE, AND PATIENT COMPLAINS OF DYSPHAGIA POST-OP. STANDARD TREATMENT WITH PREDNISOLONE 100MG FOR 3 DAYS WAS GIVEN, AFTER WHICH THE PATIENT WAS SYMPTOM-FREE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS PROBABLE. ON (B)(6) 2022, PATIENT AGAIN COMPLAINS OF DYSPHAGIA, NICOTINE ABSTINENCE WAS RECOMMENDED. IN (B)(6) 2022, GASTROSCOPY WAS PERFORMED WITH FUNCTIONAL SPASM, ACHALASIA AND EXCLUSION OF RECURRENT HERNIA WITH BALLOON DILATATION. ON (B)(6) 2022, PATIENT WAS RE-OPERATED VIA LAPAROSCOPY WITH ADHESIOLYSIS AND REPOSITIONING OF THE STOMACH IN THE ABDOMEN FOR RESOLUTION. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED AT (B)(6) IN GERMANY. ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2022, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON (B)(6) 2022.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00010Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-02-18FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2021-00001Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE EVENT WAS REPORTED AS A COMPLAINT ON (B)(6) 2021. THE EVENT OCCURRED AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE (B)(6). THE EVENT INVOLVED TWO SENHANCE MANIPULATOR ARMS (X9000005, UDI: (B)(4), SERIAL NUMBERS (B)(4)) AND TWO JOHAN GRASPERS 15 MM Ø 5 MM X 310 MM (X0007005, UDI: (B)(4), LOT: 1845171). THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE WAS DURING A SURGICAL CASE AND THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS FOR TREATMENT OF MALROTATION VOLVULUS. THE PATIENT WAS A (B)(6) CAUCASIAN FEMALE WITH WEIGHT OF (B)(6) AND BMI OF 29.2. THE SENHANCE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES ARE NOT INDICATED FOR PEDIATRIC USE IN THE US. AS INITIALLY REPORTED BY THE COMPLAINANT, DURING THE CASE THE SMALL INTESTINE WAS PERFORATED 2 TIMES WITH THE JOHAN GRASPER. WHEN HOLDING THE TISSUE WITH THE GRASPER, THE TISSUE TURNED WHITE DUE TO THE GRASPING FORCE. AFTER STITCHING BOTH PERFORATIONS, THE SURGEON COULD CONTINUE WITH THE CASE. THE USE OF TWO JOHAN GRASPING FORCEPS CAUSED HEMATOMA OF THE SEROSA AND EVENTUALLY 2 PERFORATIONS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE. THE FOOTPRINT OF EVERY BITE WAS VISIBLE ON THE TISSUE. THE PROCEDURAL DELAY WAS LESS THAN 15 MINS. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WERE POSED TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT ON THE PATIENT. THERE
cause not established3007593944-2021-00001Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2020-10-20FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00004Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, (B)(6), REPORTED THAT ON DAY 6, THERE WAS AN ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE DETECTED, THEN CLINICALLY AND DIGITALLY CONFIRMED. PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY (METRONIDAZOLE-500 MG 3X DAILY; CEFUROXIME-1 G 3X DAILY) AND HAD A PROLONGED HOSPITAL STAY BUT RECOVERED FOR A (B)(6) 2020 DATE OF RESOLUTION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE U.S. THIS EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6) HOSPITAL IN LITHUANIA. ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2020, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 10-AUGUST-2023.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00004Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2020-10-16FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00005Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, DR. (B)(6), REPORTED A PATIENT BLADDER RUPTURE FOR WHICH SURGICAL INTERVENTION WAS NEEDED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS PROBABLE, BUT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DETAILS PERTAINING TO PATIENT TREATMENT OR RESOLUTION. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN FELDKIRCH REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN AUSTRIA. ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON 16-OCTOBER-2020, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 07-SEPTEMBER-2022.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00005Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2020-09-27FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00003Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, (B)(6) REPORTED THAT ON DAY 7, AFTER TME FOR RECTAL CANCER PATIENT COMPLAINED OF SUDDEN PURULENT DISCHARGE FROM THE ANUS AND ELEVATED BLOOD TEMPERATURE, SOME WEAKNESS. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS AN ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE. A DIGITAL EXAMINATION REVEALED A DEFECT OF (1 CM) IN THE POSTERIOR WALL OF COLO-ANAL ANASTOMOSIS. ANTIBIOTICS WERE ADMINISTERED (METRONIDAZOLE-500 MG 3X DAILY AND CEFUROXIME-1 G 3X DAILY) AND SYMPTOMS DISSAPEARED FOR A RESOLUTION DATE OF (B)(6) 2020. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE CAUSALITY TO THE SENHANCE SURGICAL SYSTEM WAS POSSIBLE. THE EVENT OCCURRED ON (B)(6) 2020, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 09-AUGUST-2023..
cause not established3007593944-2023-00003Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗Not graded by the source2020-02-29FDA MAUDESenhance System3007593944-2023-00008Senhance
Senhance — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: THE COMPLAINANT, VAIDA NAUSEDIENE, REPORTED THAT ON DAY 4, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED FEVER, SIGNS OF PERITONITIS. THE ADVERSE EVENT WAS AN ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE. ON (B)(6) 2020, PATIENT WAS RE-OPERATED VIA LAPAROTOMY, DISRUPTION OF ANASTOMOSIS, LAVAGE AND DRAINAGE OF THE ABDOMEN, END COLOSTOMY. PATIENT WAS THEN TREATED IN ICU, THUS POSTOPERATIVE COURSE AND RECOVERY WAS LONGER DUE TO INFECTION OF THE LAPAROTOMY WOUND, WITH OBESITY AND CO-MORBIDITIES PRESENT. PATIENT RECOVERED AND WAS DISCHARGED FOR A 20-MARCH-2020 DATE OF RESOLUTION. THIS EVENT DID NOT OCCUR WITHIN THE U.S. THE EVENT OCCURRED IN (B)(6) HOSPITAL IN LITHUANIA. ADDITIONALLY, THIS EVENT OCCURRED ON 29-FEBRUARY-2020, AND ASENSUS SURGICAL WAS INTERNALLY MADE AWARE ON 16-AUGUST-2023.
cause not established3007593944-2023-00008Asensus SurgicalSenhance SystemRead the record ↗