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Not graded by the source2021-11-04FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11601da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11601Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-11-04FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11627da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11627Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-11-02FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11624da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI ASSISTED HIATAL-HERNIA PERIESOPHAGEAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT DID NOT WORK TO STOP THE BLEEDING. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT SURGICAL TASK THE SURGEON WAS ATTEMPTING TO PERFORM WHEN THE REPORTED EVENT OCCURRED. THE SURGEON HAD TO SWITCH TO A VESSEL SEALER EXTEND INSTRUMENT TO STOP THE BLEEDING. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE ISI EXECUTIVE SALES REPRESENTATIVE (ESR) WHO WAS PRESENT FOR THE PROCEDURE AND OBTAINED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 16-NOV-2021. THE INSTRUMENT WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE AND NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT WAS NOT SEALING THE SHORT GASTRIC VESSELS ALONG THE GREATER CURVATURE OF THE STOMACH IN THE SYNCH AND SEAL MODES. THE CUTTING FUNCTION WAS WORKING IN THE SYNCH MODE BUT NOT THE SEALING FUNCTION ALTHOUGH THE GENERATOR GAVE THE APPROPRIATE TONES. AS A RESULT, THE VESSELS WERE OOZING/ BLEEDING. THE ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS WAS LESS THAN 750 ML. THE SURGEON THEN USED A VESSEL SEALER EXTEND INSTRUMENT TO OBTAIN CONTROL AND STOP THE BLEEDING FROM THE SHORT GASTRIC VESSELS. THERE WERE NO ERRORS THAT OCCURRED AT THE TIME OF THE INC
cause not established2955842-2021-11624Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-11-02FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11614da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11614Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-29FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11586da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED ESOPHAGECTOMY TRANSTHORACIC CHEST ANASTOMOSIS SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE METAL TIP OF THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT BROKE OFF. THE FRAGMENT WAS RETRIEVED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE CUSTOMER WAS TAKING OUT TISSUE WHEN THE INSTRUMENT BROKE. THE INSTRUMENT WRIST STRAIGHTENED UPON REMOVAL. THE INSTRUMENT DID NOT COLLIDE WITH ANY OTHER INSTRUMENTS. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) MADE MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HOWEVER, NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.
cause not established2955842-2021-11586Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-27FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11561da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED HYSTERECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, TIP OF THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT BROKE AND FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE CUSTOMER WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE THE FRAGMENT IN THE SAME PROCEDURE. THE FRAGMENT AND THE INSTRUMENT WILL BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. THEY WERE DISSECTING WHEN THE FRAGMENT FELL INSIDE THE PATIENT. THERE WAS NO TIP OR INSTRUMENT COLLISION. THE WRIST OF THE INSTRUMENT WAS STRAIGHTENED UPON REMOVAL. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CONTACTED THE ORIGINAL REPORTER AND OBTAINED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 15-NOV-2021. THE INSTRUMENT WAS INSPECTED IN THE NORMAL PRE-OPERATION INSPECTION AND NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WAS NOTED. THE INSTRUMENT WAS USED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS. THE FRAGMENT WAS RETRIEVED BY THE BEDSIDE ASSIST USING A LAPARSCOPIC INSTRUMENT. BOTH THE INSTRUMENT AND THE FRAGMENT WERE GIVEN TO THE MATERIALS DEPARTMENT TO COMPLETE THE RETURN. NO INJURY WAS OBSERVED TO THE PATIENT AT THE TIME OF THE ISSUE. HE WAS NOT AWARE IF ANY POST-OPERATIVE TESTS WERE PERFORMED TO VERIFY ALL FRAGMENTS WERE RETRIEVED AND HE WAS NOT AWARE IF THE PATIENT HAD EXPERIENCED ANY POST-SURGICAL COM
cause not established2955842-2021-11561Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-26FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11551da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11551Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-24FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11376da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11376Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-22FDA MAUDE2955842-2023-10477da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT REPORTED THAT AFTER UNDERGOING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION (LAR) WITH TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION (TME) AND LOW ANASTOMOSIS ON (B)(6) 2021, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON POST-OPERATIVE DAY (POD) #2, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A POST-OPERATIVE INFECTION ON POD #13. THE UMBILICAL INCISION HAD ECCHYMOSIS CONSISTENT WITH PRESSURE FROM THE ROBOT AND SOME SEROUS DRAINAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE INCISION WAS OPENED, AND THE SEROSANGUINOUS DRAINAGE WAS EXPELLED. THE WOUND WAS THEN PACKED WITH ½-INCH IODOFORM, COVERED WITH 4X4 GAUZE. THE INFECTION WAS RESOLVED BY POD #43.
cause not established2955842-2023-10477Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-19FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11504da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED BY THE SITE¿S ROBOTIC COORDINATOR TO INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC, (ISI) CUSTOMER SERVICE, THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED PULMONARY LOBECTOMY, THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT ALLEGEDLY MISFIRED AND DID NOT ADEQUATELY SEAL A VESSEL. AS A RESULT, BLEEDING WAS OBSERVED. ON 02-NOV-2021, ISI OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT FROM A SITE ROBOTICS NURSE, STEMMING FROM INFORMATION PROVIDED BY OPERATING ROOM (OR) STAFF WHO WERE PRESENT FOR THE CASE: THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT DID NOT ACTIVATE AT ONE TIME DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE BUT THE PHYSICIAN CONTINUED TO USE THE DEVICE. A SECOND BACKUP INSTRUMENT WAS NOT OPENED AND USED DURING THE CASE. THE ROBOTICS NURSE IS UNSURE OF THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD LOSS AND CONFIRMED THAT THE INSTRUMENT WAS RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. NO OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2021-11504Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-18FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11521da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED LOBECTOMY PROCEDURE, DURING "VASCULARIZATION" OF THE HILAR REGION OF THE LUNG, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED BLEEDING. THE CAUSE OF THE BLEEDING WAS NOT DISCLOSED. THE SURGEON COULD NOT CONTROL THE BLEEDING; MEDIUM-LARGE CLIPS WERE USED TO IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTROL THE BLEED WITHOUT SUCCESS. AS A RESULT, THE SURGEON DECIDED TO CONVERT TO OPEN CHEST SURGERY. ON 25-OCT-2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CONTACTED THE SURGEON AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT: DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED RIGHT PULMONARY LOBECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED BLEEDING DURING HILAR VASCULAR TREATMENT WITH THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT. THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE BLEED MIGHT HAVE BEEN RELATED TO "TENSION" OR DAMAGE TO AN UNSPECIFIED VESSEL WHEN "PEELING" AND "NOT CUTTING" WITH THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT THE SURGEON MEANT BY "PEELING." THE SURGEON TRIED TO STOP THE BLEEDING WITH THE MEDIUM-LARGE CLIP APPLIER INSTRUMENT AND SUCTIONING. THE SURGEON APPLIED JUST ONE CLIP BUT WAS UNABLE TO PLACE A SECOND CLIP FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE SURGEON COULD NOT CONTROL THE BLEEDING. DUE TO THE
cause not established2955842-2021-11521Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-14FDA MAUDE2955842-2022-10174da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A JOURNAL OF A BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY (BJS) OPEN ARTICLE TITLED, ¿OUTCOMES OF ROBOTIC LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION VERSUS TRANSANAL TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION FOR RECTAL CANCER¿ (BUAN, J. L. B., SO, W. Z., ET AL., 2022). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING ROBOTIC LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION (RLAR) PROCEDURES WERE NOTED. PER THE ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING WAS NOTED: "RLAR WAS PERFORMED WITH THE DA VINCI SI VR (INTUITIVE SURGICAL, SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, USA) SYSTEM IN TWO PHASES, WITH REDOCKING AS STANDARD PRACTICE AT THIS INSTITUTION," AND, "IN THE RLAR GROUP SIX PATIENTS HAD COMPLICATIONS OF GRADE III AND ABOVE, OF WHOM FOUR HAD ANASTOMOTIC LEAKS, ONE HAD A POSTOPERATIVE BILOMA FROM A SYNCHRONOUS LIVER RESECTION, AND ONE HAD NARROWING OF THE AFFERENT LIMB OF THE DE-FUNCTIONING ILEOSTOMY THAT REQUIRED SURGICAL REVISION." ISI FOLLOWED UP WITH THE AUTHOR AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE AUTHOR WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE NAMES OF THE SURGEONS BUT CONFIRMED THAT THE STUDY HAD (B)(6) SURGEONS INVOLVED IN THESE CASES. WITH REGARDS TO THE PATIENT WITH THE BILOMA, THE PATIENT REQUIRED A LIVER RESECTION DUE TO LIVER META
cause not established2955842-2022-10174Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-14FDA MAUDE2955842-2022-10179da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A JOURNAL OF A BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY (BJS) OPEN ARTICLE TITLED, ¿OUTCOMES OF ROBOTIC LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION VERSUS TRANSANAL TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION FOR RECTAL CANCER¿ (BUAN, J. L. B., SO, W. Z., ET AL., 2022). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING ROBOTIC LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION (RLAR) PROCEDURES WERE NOTED. PER THE ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING WAS NOTED: "RLAR WAS PERFORMED WITH THE DA VINCI SI VR (INTUITIVE SURGICAL, SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA, USA) SYSTEM IN TWO PHASES, WITH REDOCKING AS STANDARD PRACTICE AT THIS INSTITUTION," AND, "IN THE RLAR GROUP SIX PATIENTS HAD COMPLICATIONS OF GRADE III AND ABOVE, OF WHOM FOUR HAD ANASTOMOTIC LEAKS, ONE HAD A POSTOPERATIVE BILOMA FROM A SYNCHRONOUS LIVER RESECTION, AND ONE HAD NARROWING OF THE AFFERENT LIMB OF THE DE-FUNCTIONING ILEOSTOMY THAT REQUIRED SURGICAL REVISION." ONLY ONE OF THE PATIENTS WHO EXPERIENCED AN ANASTOMOTIC LEAK REQUIRED A RE-OPERATION IN WHICH THE PELVIC ABSCESS WAS DRAINED TRANSANALLY AND THE LEAK WAS MANAGED WITH THE ENDO-SPONGEVR SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, PER THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING IS NOTED: "DISTAL TRANSECTION WAS PERFORMED WITH ENDOSCOPIC
cause not established2955842-2022-10179Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-13FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11495da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT A FEW HOURS AFTER A DA VINCI-ASSISTED SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXHIBITED SIGNS OF A LEAK. THE PATIENT HAD 4.5 L OF BLOOD IN HIS STOMACH THAT WAS DRAINED IN A SUBSEQUENT PROCEDURE. ON 15-OCT-2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CONTACTED THE SURGEON AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT: THE PATIENT WAS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE, WEIGHING (B)(6) LBS, WITH A MEDICAL HISTORY OF OBESITY, SLEEP APNEA, AND HYPERTENSION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A FEW HOURS AFTER A DA VINCI ASSISTED SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT'S BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED, AND HE EXHIBITED SIGNS OF INTERNAL BLEEDING. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY, AND APPROXIMATELY 4.5 LITERS OF BLOOD WAS IDENTIFIED IN HIS STOMACH. THE SURGEON REMOVED THE CLOTS AND DRAINED THE BLOOD. AS A PRECAUTION, SHE PLACED CLIPS ON THE STAPLE LINES, APPLIED SURGICEL ON THE SEAL OF THE SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY, AND SEALED THE OMENTUM WITH A HARMONIC SCALPEL INSTRUMENT. THE SURGEON COULD NOT CONFIRM THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING; HOWEVER, SHE BELIEVES IT COULD HAVE BEEN DUE TO SPASM OF THE SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY RIGHT AFTER THE PROCEDURE, WHICH COULD H
cause not established2955842-2021-11495Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-11FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11265da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CUSTOMER SERVICE (CS) REPRESENTATIVE RECEIVED AN INCOMING CALL AND IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT AN UNSPECIFIED PATIENT HAD A DA VINCI SURGERY FOR UTERUS REMOVAL AND THAT SHE HAD PHYSICAL CHANGES AFTERWARDS TO HER STOOL, HER SLEEP PATTERNS, AND HER URINARY CONTINENCE. WHEN ADDITIONAL DETAILS WERE REQUESTED, THEY WERE REFUSED BY THE INITIAL REPORTER. NO HOSPITAL, SURGEON, PROCEDURE DATE/DATE RANGE, OR PATIENT INFORMATION WAS ABLE TO BE OBTAINED. ISI HAS REACHED OUT TO THE INITIAL REPORTER TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BUT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
cause not established2955842-2021-11265Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-10FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11281da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11281Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-07FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11636da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED BY A DOCTOR THAT AFTER A DA VINCI-ASSISTED MALIGNANT HYSTERECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, A URETERAL STRICTURE OCCURRED AND WAS PROBABLY DUE TO HEAT DAMAGE. THE DOCTOR SPECULATES THAT HEAT WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE WRIST OF THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT TO THE URETER AND THAT THERMAL DAMAGE TO THE URETER CAUSED A STRICTURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED ROBOTICALLY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE SURGEON FROM THE SITE AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON (B)(6) 2021. THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT WAS EXAMINED BEFORE USE AND THERE WERE NO ABNORMALITIES SEEN. THE SURGEON DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES USING THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT AND THERE WERE NO INTRA-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DETECTED DURING THE PROCEDURE. THE JAWS OF THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT WERE NOT IMMERSED IN CONDUCTIVE FLUIDS AND DID NOT COME INTO CONTACT WITH ANY NON-TARGET TISSUE OR METALLIC OBJECTS WHILE ENERGIZED. ADDITIONALLY, THE SYNCHROSEAL INSTRUMENT WAS NOT USED TO ENERGIZE THE TIPS OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND THE SURGEON HAD GOOD VISIBILITY OF THE JAWS AS WELL AS THE ANATOMY SURROUNDING THE INSTRUMENT DURING SYNCHROSEAL ACTIVATIONS. THERE WAS NO ARCING/BURNING SEEN. THE SURGEON CONFI
cause not established2955842-2021-11636Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-04FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11774da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A JOURNAL OF ROBOTIC SURGERY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿HELLER MYOTOMY PERFORATION: ROBOTIC VISUALIZATION DECREASES PERFORATION RATE AND REVISIONAL SURGERY IS A PERFORATION RISK¿ (ENGWALL-GILL, A. J., SOLEIMANI, T. ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, A POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION INVOLVING A DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS NOTED: "ONLY ONE PATIENT, WHO WAS IN THE ROBOTIC GROUP, SHOWED A LEAK ON POSTOPERATIVE ESOPHAGRAM. THIS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO HER PROLONGED POSTOPERATIVE STAY. THIS PATIENT HAD SUSTAINED A PERFORATION AT HER ORIGINAL LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY AND THEN SUSTAINED PERFORATION AGAIN WHILE UNDERGOING REVISIONAL ROBOTIC SURGERY. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THERE WAS MINIMAL LEAK OF CONTRAST INTO A CONTAINED PERFORATION, WHICH RESPONDED TO SUPPORTIVE MEASURES, ANTIBIOTICS, AND NUTRITION. SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR A TOTAL OF 11 DAYS DUE TO AN EARLY POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION OF PNEUMONIA." ISI HAS REACHED OUT TO THE AUTHOR TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BUT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
cause not established2955842-2021-11774Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-01FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11231da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 02-SEP-2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF AN UPDATES IN SURGERY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿FEASIBILITY AND SAFETY OF ROBOTIC-ASSISTED TOTAL PANCREATECTOMY (RATP): THIS STUDY INCLUDES PATIENTS OPERATED BETWEEN OCTOBER 2008 AND DECEMBER 2019: A PILOT WESTERN SERIES¿ (KAUFFMANN, E. F., NAPOLI, N., ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING WAS NOTED: "REGARDING THE MAIN ENDPOINT OF THIS STUDY, AS SHOWN IN TABLE 3, SEVERE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS DEVELOPED IN 6 PATIENTS (24.0%) AFTER RATP AND IN 13 PATIENTS (26.0%) AFTER OTP (P=0.85)." ISI HAS REACHED OUT TO THE AUTHOR TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BUT HAS NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE.
cause not established2955842-2021-11231Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-10-01FDA MAUDE2955842-2022-10961da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2021, THE SUBJECT (B)(4) UNDERWENT ROBOT-ASSISTED ULTRA-LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION WITH PERIAORTIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION, TOTAL MESORECTAL EXCISION, PRIMARY LOW PELVIC COLOANAL ANASTOMOSIS USING THE DA VINCI SP SURGICAL SYSTEM AND LAPAROSCOPIC DIVERTING LOOP ILEOSTOMY. ON (B)(6) 2021, THE SUBJECT MET ALL STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND SIGNED THE INFORMED CONSENT. THE SUBJECT HAD VERY DIFFICULT ANATOMY IN PART DUE TO THE PREVIOUS STAGED PROCEDURE AND THE LOCATION OF THE LESION IN THE LOW RECTUM. AFTER OBTAINING SINGLE PORT ACCESS, THE PORT WAS PLACED, ROBOT WAS DOCKED, AND AN ADDITIONAL 12 MM PORT WAS PLACED IN THE RIGHT QUADRANT. PERIOAORTIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION WAS PERFORMED. THE SPECIMEN WAS EXTRACORPOREALIZED BY UNDOCKING THE DA VINCI SP SYSTEM USING THE WOUND RETRACTOR PLACED AT THE UMBILICUS. THE ANVIL WAS THEN SECURED TO THE CIRCULAR LAP STAPLER (SIZE 29) WITH A PURSE STRING SUTURE. THE DA VINCI SP SYSTEM WAS THEN RE-DOCKED, PNEUMOPERITONEUM WAS REESTABLISHED AND A LOW PELVIC COLOANAL ANASTOMOSIS WAS CREATED WHICH WAS INTACT AND TENSION-FREE. THE DOUGHNUTS WERE CHECKED AND WERE INTACT. THE AIR INSUFFLATION TEST ALSO REVEALED NO BUBBLES OR LEAKS. AT THIS JUNCTURE, THE T
cause not established2955842-2022-10961Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-29FDA MAUDEMW5105440da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: A ROBOTIC FORCE BIPOLAR INSTRUMENT WAS USED DURING THE CASE. "A SPRING?" BROKE DURING THE CASE. AT FIRST IT WAS UNKNOWN IF ANY FRAGMENTS FELL OFF INTO THE PATIENT. AN X-RAY WAS ORDERED AND TAKEN. NO DENSITIES WERE SEEN ON THE X-RAY. A NEW INSTRUMENT WAS OPENED AND THE CASE WAS COMPLETED. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE SENT BACK TO INTUITIVE FOR EVALUATION AND REIMBURSEMENT; 3/12 LIVES REMAIN ON INSTRUMENT. THERE ARE NO APPARENT MISSING SCREWS NOR BROKEN CABLES UPON VISUAL INSPECTION, HOWEVER THE JAWS OF THE INSTRUMENT AREN'T ABLE TO BE OPENED ALL THE WAY. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID # (B)(4).
cause not establishedMW5105440Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-29FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11221da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11221Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-29FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11222da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 03-SEP-2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE, VIA AN ISI CLINICAL JOURNAL REVIEW, OF A JOURNAL HERNIA ARTICLE TITLED ¿COMPARISON OF PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES BETWEEN NON-OBESE AND OBESE PATIENTS UNDERGOING ROBOTIC INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR [RIHR]: A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING ANALYSIS¿ (KUDSI, O. Y., BOU-AYASH, N., ET AL., 2021). A SINGLE-CENTER, ¿TEACHING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL,¿ RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF COLLECTED DATA SURROUNDING RIHR PROCEDURES WAS PERFORMED WITH THE STUDY PERIOD BEING BETWEEN FEBRUARY 2013 AND AUGUST 2020. PATIENTS WERE DIVIDED INTO NON-OBESE (< 30 KG/M2) AND OBESE (= 30 KG/M2) GROUPS. OF A TOTAL OF 547 PATIENTS, 414 WERE NON-OBESE AND 133 WERE OBESE. SURGICAL TECHNIQUE: ROBOTIC TRANSABDOMINAL PRE-PERITONEAL (RTAPP) INGUINAL HERNIA REPAIR: AFTER APPROPRIATE PREPARATION, A VERESS NEEDLE [NON-ISI PRODUCT] INSERTED INTO THE LEFT UPPER QUADRANT WAS USED TO ESTABLISH PNEUMOPERITONEUM. THREE 8.5 MM TROCARS WERE INSERTED 8 CM APART AND 4 CM ABOVE THE UMBILICUS LEVEL. THE PATIENT SIDE CART OF THE DA VINCI SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM (INTUITIVE SURGICAL, SUNNYVALE, CA) WAS DOCKED. POLYESTER MESH MATERIAL WAS USED. WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, COMPLICATIONS WERE NOTED: "IN
cause not established2955842-2021-11222Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-28FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11400da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11400Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-28FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11365da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11365Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-28FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11363da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11363Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-27FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11208da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 29-AUG-2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A SCIENTIFIC REPORTS ARTICLE TITLED, ¿COMPARISON OF SHORT-TERM SURGICAL OUTCOMES USING DA VINCI S, SI AND XI SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC GASTRIC CANCER SURGERY¿ (OJIMA, T., NAKAMURA, M., ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, AN OPERATIVE COMPLICATION INVOLVING A DA VINCI XI SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS NOTED: A (B)(6) YEAR OLD MALE UNDERWENT A DA VINCI-ASSISTED DISTAL GASTRECTOMY PROCEDURE. THE PROCEDURE WAS CONVERTED TO OPEN DUE TO A "PORTAL VEIN INJURY." IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT LOST 2540 ML OF BLOOD DURING THIS PROCEDURE AND NO POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OCCURRED. THE PROCEDURE WAS A TOTAL OF 598 MINUTES
cause not established2955842-2021-11208Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-24FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11185da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 02-SEP-2021, DURING AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CLINICAL JOURNAL REVIEW, INTUITIVE BECAME AWARE OF A SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿ROBOTIC TRANSAXILLARY LATERAL NECK DISSECTION FOR THYROID CANCER: LEARNING EXPERIENCE FROM 500 CASES¿ FROM JANUARY 2008 TO JULY 2019 WHEREBY WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS AFTER DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE NOTED: TRANSIENT HYPOCALCEMIA WAS THE MOST COMMON COMPLICATION (30.4%), FOLLOWED BY CHYLE LEAKAGE (5.2%), PERMANENT HYPOCALCEMIA (4.0%), TRANSIENT HOARSENESS (4.0%), AND SEROMA FORMATION (3.2%). FIVE (1.0%) PATIENTS HAD A PERMANENT RLN INJURY, AND THE NERVE WAS SACRIFICED DUE TO CANCER INVASION IN ONE PATIENT. THREE (0.6%) PATIENTS HAD HEMATOMA FORMATION, AND ONE OF THEM (0.2%) UNDERWENT BLEEDER LIGATION. TWO (0.4%) PATIENTS DEVELOPED HORNER¿S SYNDROME." THE JOURNAL ARTICLE CITED THAT, ¿FOLLOWING THE SURGERY, ALL PATIENTS RECEIVED LEVOTHYROXINE FOR THYROID-STIMULATING HORMONE (TSH) SUPPRESSION. ALL PATIENTS UNDERWENT RADIOACTIVE IODINE (RAI) ABLATION (3.7¿5.5 GBQ), POST-THERAPY WHOLE-BODY SCANS, AND DIAGNOSTIC WHOLE-BODY SCANS.¿ THE JOURNAL ARTICLE CITED THE FOLLOWING: "THIS STUDY AIMED TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECH
cause not established2955842-2021-11185Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-24FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11377da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11377Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-23FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11175da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF AN ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE ARTICLE TITLED, ¿RISK FACTORS FOR LYMPH NODE METASTASIS OF THE LEFT RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE IN PATIENTS WITH ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA¿ (CHEN, C., MA, Z., SHANG, X. ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE NOTED: "THERE WERE 6 CASES WITH VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS (16.38%), 3 WITH ANASTOMOTIC LEAKAGE (3.19%), AND 10 WITH PULMONARY INFECTION (10.64%) AFTER ESOPHAGECTOMY." ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE JOURNAL ARTICLE: THIS WAS A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT MCKEOWN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY (MIE) (NO NEOADJUVANT THERAPY) AT TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY CANCER INSTITUTE AND HOSPITAL (FROM JANUARY 2016 TO DECEMBER 2019). DA VINCI ROBOT-ASSISTED (DA VINCI SI/XI) AND THORACIC LAPAROSCOPIC VIDEO-ASSISTED MIE WERE PERFORMED IN 3 STAGES. FIRST, THORACOSCOPY OR THE DA VINCI ROBOT WAS USED TO MOBILIZE THE ESOPHAGUS AND DISSECT THE THORACIC LNS IN THE PRONE POSITION WITH THE RIGHT HAND HOLDING THE HEAD. SECOND, THORACOSCOPY OR THE DA VINCI ROBOT WAS USED TO CREATE THE GASTRIC CONDUIT AND DISSECT THE ABDOM
cause not established2955842-2021-11175Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-23FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11176da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 30-AUG-2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A UPDATES IN SURGERY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿IMPACT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON THE EARLY EXPERIENCE OF ROBOTIC PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY¿ (CHAO, Y. J., LIAO, T. K., ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE NOTED: "ALL OPERATIONS WERE PERFORMED USING THE DA VINCI SI SURGICAL SYSTEM. TWO PATIENTS (2.9%) WERE CONVERTED TO OPEN SURGERY IN THE OBESE GROUP DUE TO SEVERE INFLAMMATION AT THE PANCREATIC HEAD AND TUMOR ADHESIVE TO THE SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN AND NONE IN THE NORMAL-WEIGHT AND OVERWEIGHT GROUPS. THIRTY THREE PATIENTS EXPERIENCED COMPLICATIONS WITH AN OVERALL COMPLICATION RATE OF 51.5%, AND THE MAJOR COMPLICATION RATE (CLAVIEN GRADE = III) WAS 19.1%. THERE WERE 17.6% CLINICALLY RELEVANT POST-OPERATIVE PANCREATIC FISTULA (CR-POPF) (16.1% GRADE B POPF, 1.5% GRADE C POPF), 8.9% GRADE B/C POST PANCREATECTOMY HEMORRHAGE (PPH), 11.8% GRADE B/C DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING (DGE), AND 5.9% BILE LEAKAGE. TWELVE PATIENTS (17.6%) HAD PERIPANCREATIC FLUID COLLECTIONS, AND EIGHT OF THEM REQUIRED DRAINAGE. ONE PATIENT REQUIRED REOPERATION DUE TO FAILED EMBOLIZATION OF THE PSEUD
cause not established2955842-2021-11176Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-23FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11177da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A TRANSLATIONAL ANDROLOGY AND UROLOGY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿ROBOT-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RETROPERITONEAL LEIOMYOSARCOMA RESECTION WITH INFERIOR VENA CAVA GRAFT REPLACEMENT: A CASE REPORT¿ (CHENG, G., RUAN, H., ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE NOTED: "OWING TO THE UNEXPOSED SIGHT OF RIGHT RENAL ARTERY, THE ACCIDENTAL INJURY OCCURRED INTRAOPERATIVELY AND THUS THE PATIENT SUFFERED FROM RIGHT RENAL INSUFFICIENCY WITH LOWER GFR RATE." ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE ARTICLE: THE ESTIMATED BLOOD LOSS DURING THE PROCEDURE WAS ABOUT 2,000 ML AND THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFUSED BLOOD PLASMA WITH 600 ML INTRAOPERATIVELY. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN AN INFUSION OF HEPARIN (AN ANTICOAGULANT) INTRA-OPERATIVELY. MRI DONE AT 1 WEEK POST-OPERATIVELY SHOWED THAT THE CONTINUITY OF RIGHT RENAL ARTERY IMAGING WAS INTERRUPTED AND SIGNALING OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY WAS WEAKER THAN THE LEFT ONE, WHICH IMPLIED STRICTURE OF RIGHT RENAL ARTERY. DURING THE 3-MONTH FOLLOW-UP OF THE PATIENT, DYNAMIC RENOGRAPHY REVEALED THAT GFR OF THE RIGHT KIDNEY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED TO 27.4 ML/MIN, WHICH IND
cause not established2955842-2021-11177Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-23FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11355da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11355Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-22FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11171da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 08/29/2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ARTICLE, VIA AN ISI CLINICAL JOURNAL REVIEW, FROM THE ¿JOURNAL OF ROBOTIC SURGERY¿, TITLED, ¿ROBOTIC ABDOMINAL WALL REPAIR: ADOPTION AND EARLY OUTCOMES IN A LARGE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER¿ (PEREIRA, X., LIMA, D. L., ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, AN OPERATIVE COMPLICATION INVOLVING A ¿ROBOTIC-ASSISTED¿ PROCEDURE WAS NOTED. THE JOURNAL ARTICLE CITED, IN A ¿RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF ALL PATIENTS UNDERGOING ANY RAWR FROM JULY 1, 2016 TO MARCH 18, 2020¿, THAT DURING A ROBOTIC-ASSISTED ABDOMINAL WALL REPAIR (RAWR). THE JOURNAL ARTICLE CITED THAT THIS STUDY WAS CLASSIFIED BY SURGICAL MODALITY AS EITHER OPEN, LAPAROSCOPIC, OR ROBOTIC HERNIA REPAIR, OF 312 PATIENTS INCLUDED IN THE REVIEW, THERE WERE TWO REPORTED INTRAOPERATIVE EVENTS AND NINE OPERATIVE CONVERSIONS. 60 PATIENTS HAD AT LEAST ONE COMPLICATION AT 30 DAYS, AND THERE WAS ONE MAJOR INTRAOPERATIVE EVENT REQUIRING A DEVIATION OF THE PLANNED SURGERY AND PROLONGED ADMISSION. OF THE TWO ¿REPORTABLE INTRAOPERATIVE EVENTS: ONE REQUIRED A CHANGE IN THE INITIAL OPERATIVE PLAN AND HAD A HISTORY OF CIRRHOSIS AND CONTROLLED PORTAL HYPER
cause not established2955842-2021-11171Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-22FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11173da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11173Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-21FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11161da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON 08/28/2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) BECAME AWARE OF A WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿NEW TECHNIQUE OF ROBOT-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC ARTIFICIAL URINARY SPHINCTER IMPLANTATION IN FEMALE BY A POSTERIOR APPROACH WITH INTRAOPERATIVE CYSTOSCOPIC MONITORING¿ (BROUDEUR, L., LOUBERSAC, T., ET AL., 2021). WITHIN THE JOURNAL ARTICLE, OPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS INVOLVING DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURES WERE NOTED: "TWENTY-FOUR PATIENTS WERE INCLUDED, THE MEDIAN AGE WAS 66 YEARS, 23/24 (96%) HAD PREVIOUS STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE (SUI) OR PROLAPSE SURGERY. TWO CONVERSIONS TO OPEN SURGERY DUE TO MAJOR PELVIC ADHESIONS AND POOR RESPIRATORY TOLERANCE TO PNEUMOPERITONEUM. 2 PATIENTS UNDERWENT MODIFICATIONS OF THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE WITH ANTERIOR DISSECTION OF THE BLADDER NECK DUE TO MAJOR VESICOVAGINAL ADHESIONS. OVERALL, 20 PATIENTS UNDERWENT THE ROBOTIC POSTERIOR APPROACH. ELEVEN INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN 10 PATIENTS (50%) OCCURRED, INCLUDING 7 BLADDER INJURIES , 4 VAGINAL INJURIES, WITHOUT THE NEED TO STOP THE PROCEDURE. THE MEDIAN HOSPITAL STAY WAS 3 DAYS (2¿7). ONE ARTIFICIAL URINARY SPHINCTER (AUS) WAS REMOVED AT 1 YEAR DUE TO VAGINAL EROSION." ISI MADE MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP
cause not established2955842-2021-11161Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-20FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11325da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED SURGICAL PROCEDURE THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT BROKE AND THE INSTRUMENT TIP WAS MISSING. THE SITE WAS CONTINUING THE PROCEDURE AS PLANNED AT THAT TIME. INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE DA VINCI COORDINATOR AT THE SITE AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON (B)(6) 2021. THE FRAGMENT FROM THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT WAS RETRIEVED MANUALLY BY THE SURGEON AFTER THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. AN X-RAY WAS PERFORMED, BUT THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE REQUIRED TO RETRIEVE THE FRAGMENT. THE INSTRUMENT WAS IN USE FOR AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE THE ISSUE OCCURRED AND IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE HARMONIC ACE WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE. THERE WAS NO INSTRUMENT COLLISION AND THE INSTRUMENT WAS REMOVED THROUGH THE CANNULA WITH THE WRIST STRAIGHTENED. THE CAUSE OF THE INSTRUMENT BREAKAGE WAS NOT KNOWN. THERE WAS NO REPORT OF PATIENT INJURY AS A RESULT OF THE ISSUE. ALTHOUGH THE INSTRUMENT WAS REQUESTED TO BE RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, THE CUSTOMER WAS UNSURE IF IT WOULD BE RETURNED. NO IMAGES OR PROCEDURE VIDEOS WERE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW.
cause not established2955842-2021-11325Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-17FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11284da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED OVARIAN CYSTECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, A MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS (MCS) INSTRUMENT WAS BENT TO THE LEFT AND COULD NOT BE REMOVED THROUGH THE CANNULA. THE MCS INSTRUMENT AND THE CANULA WERE REMOVED TOGETHER FROM THE PATIENT. UPON REMOVAL, IT WAS NOTED THAT FRAGMENTS FROM THE MCS TIP COVER ACCESSORY WERE MISSING AND HAD FALLEN INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE SURGEON LOCATED AND RETRIEVED TWO FRAGMENTS, BUT THEY DID NOT EQUAL THE SIZE OF THE PIECE THAT WAS MISSING FROM THE MCS TIP COVER ACCESSORY. THE LOCATION OF THE MISSING FRAGMENT(S) WAS UNKNOWN. ON 30-SEPTEMBER-2021, ISI CONTACTED THE ROBOTICS COORDINATOR (THE ORIGINAL REPORTER) AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT. THE MCS INSTRUMENT AND THE MCS TIP COVER ACCESSORY WERE INSPECTED BEFORE THE PROCEDURE AND THERE WAS NOTHING NOTED OUT OF THE ORDINARY. SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE MCS TO BE DAMAGED AND DID NOT KNOW IF THERE WAS AN INSTRUMENT COLLISION. A ROBOTIC INSTRUMENT OF AN UNKNOWN TYPE WAS USED TO RETRIEVE THE FRAGMENTS. THEY DID AN X-RAY, BUT NO FRAGMENTS WERE VISIBLE. NO ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES WERE REQUIRED TO REMOVE FRAGMENTS. SHE IS NOT AWAR
cause not established2955842-2021-11284Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-14FDA MAUDE2955842-2022-11920da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER COMPLETION OF A DA VINCI-ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY WITH LYMPHADENECTOMY PROCEDURE, A PATIENT HAD REACHED OUT TO THE SURGEON; STATING A POST-OPERATIVE ¿BURN ON HIS UMBILICUS¿ WAS IDENTIFIED. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE AFFECTED AREA WERE SUPPLIED TO THE SURGEON BY THE PATIENT. THE IMAGES DEPICTED A ¿PRESSURE ULCER,¿ WHICH THE SURGEON INDICATED WERE FROM A 3RD PARTY 12MM DISPOSABLE CANNULA DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROCEDURE, THE CANNULA MAY HAVE BEEN RUBBING UP AGAINST THE PATIENT POSSIBLY CAUSING THE ULCER. THE SURGEON BELIEVES THAT THE PRESSURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE CANNULA MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS. THE INITIAL DA VINCI PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO KNOWN OR REPORTED INJURY. ON (B)(6) 2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT FROM THE CONSOLE SURGEON: THE SURGEON STATED THAT, ¿BELOW THE UMBILICUS IS JUST THE CLOSED PORT SITE WITH STERI-STRIPS AND DRIED BLOOD,¿ AND THAT ¿THE CRESCENT SHAPED RED AREAS¿ ABOVE THE UMBILICUS IS WHERE THE ARM PROBABLY PUSHED DOWN AND CAUSED THE PRESSURE ON A ¿DISPOSABLE 10/12 THIRD PARTY TROCAR BY ETHICON.¿ THE SURGEON SAID THAT IT APPEARS TO BE AN ABDOMINAL ¿P
cause not established2955842-2022-11920Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-14FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11861da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: ON (B)(6) 2021, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC (ISI) RECEIVED FDA VOLUNTARY REPORT #MW5105057 WITH THE FOLLOWING EVENT DESCRIPTION: "HAD A ROBOTIC RECTOPEXY AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL. UPON DISCHARGE ON (B)(6) 2021 I CHANGED THE DRESSING AT THE OPERATIVE SITE AND NOTICED A ¿HOLE¿ OR POSSIBLE BURNED TISSUE WHICH I REPORTED TO MY PHYSICIAN ON (B)(6) 2021, AND (B)(6) 2021. SINCE HE DID SEE THE WOUNDS POST OP. HE WAS PUZZLED AND HAS REFERRED ME TO THE WOULD CARE CLINIC. I BELIEVE THE HOSPITAL USED THE DA VINCI ROBOTIC SYSTEM AS OF 2013 OR 2014. ALTHOUGH THIS IS A RARE OCCURRENCE (MY PHYSICIAN HAS DONE OVER 400 PROCEDURES), I UNDERSTAND THAT HEAT RELATED INJURIES CAN HAPPEN WHEN SPARKS COME FROM MICROSCOPIC ¿CRACKS¿ THAT MAY / MAY NOT BE SEEN FROM THE CAMERA¿S FIELD OF VISION." THE MEDWATCH REPORT WAS LABELED WITH THE "TYPE OF EVENT" AS "SERIOUS INJURY¿ AND "OUTCOMES ATTRIBUTED TO ADVERSE EVENT" AS "REQUIRED INTERVENTION." IN ADDITION, THE INITIAL REPORTER (A PATIENT) ELECTED TO NOT BE IDENTIFIED. THEREFORE, NO CONTACT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
cause not established2955842-2021-11861Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-02FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11291da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11291Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-01FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11230da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11230Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-09-01FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11216da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11216Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-08-27FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11280da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11280Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-08-27FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11279da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11279Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-08-27FDA MAUDE2955842-2022-10960da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: (B)(6) (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE SUBJECT) IS A 76-YEAR-OLD WHITE MALE WITH BMI 27.35 AND ASA CLASSIFICATION III, NON-SMOKER WITH A MEDICAL HISTORY OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE (STAGE 3), ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION (ON TREATMENT WITH AMLODIPINE AND CARVEDILOL), RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, ARRYTHMIA (ON ELIQUIS, STOPPED THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE LAR PROCEDURE), DIABETES MELLITUS, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (1968), SLEEP APNEA AND COMPLETE HEARING LOSS IN THE LEFT EAR. HE ALSO HAS A SURGICAL HISTORY OF RIGHT KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT IN 2013 AND ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR IN 2018. HE HAS BEEN VACCINATED FOR COVID-19 IN (B)(6) 2021. THE SUBJECT HAD A HISTORY OF DIARRHEA OVER SEVERAL MONTHS LEADING TO HOSPITALIZATION WITH HYPOTENSION AND DEHYDRATION. HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH A RECTAL MASS ON FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021. ON (B)(6) 2021, THE SUBJECT MET ALL STUDY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA AND SIGNED THE INFORMED CONSENT. ON (B)(6) 2021, THE SUBJECT UNDERWENT ROBOT-ASSISTED LOW ANTERIOR COLON RESECTION AND PRIMARY COLORECTAL ANASTOMOSIS PROCEDURE USING THE DA VINCI SP SURGICAL SYSTEM. AFTER GAINING ACCESS AND INTRODUCING THE SINGLE PORT DEVICE, A 12 MM ACCESSORY PORT WA
cause not established2955842-2022-10960Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-08-20FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11282da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11282Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-08-11FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11212da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED RADICAL CYSTECTOMY WITH NEOBLADDER SURGICAL PROCEDURE, THE MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS (MCS) TIP COVER ACCESSORY FELL OFF INSIDE THE PATIENT AND WAS LATER RETRIEVED FROM AN ASSISTANT PORT. THE CUSTOMER DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE ITEM TO FALL OFF. THERE WAS NO INSTRUMENT COLLISION OR BENT TIPS. THE CUSTOMER INSPECTED THE MCS TIP COVER ACCESSORY AND NOTED IT WAS DAMAGED. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO REPORTED INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE MCS INSTRUMENT AND THE MCS TIP COVER ACCESSORY WERE INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE OR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY NOTED. THE MCS TIP COVER ACCESSORY WAS RETRIEVED. THE CUSTOMER REPLACED THE INSTRUMENT TO CONTINUE. THE SURGEON DID NOT NOTICE ANY ISSUES WITH THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MCS INSTRUMENT DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE. NO INSTRUMENT COLLISION WAS NOTED. THE SURGICAL STAFF DID NOT FEEL ANY RESISTANCE UPON THE REMOVAL OF THE MCS INSTRUMENT THROUGH THE CANNULA. THE INSTRUMENT WRIST WAS STRAIGHTENED UPON REMOVAL. THE SURGICAL STAFF NOTICED THE MCS TIP COVER ACCESSORY WAS TORN AFT
cause not established2955842-2021-11212Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-07-30FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-11040da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: REFER TO H10/H11 FOR FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
cause not established2955842-2021-11040Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Read the record ↗Not graded by the source2021-07-29FDA MAUDE2955842-2021-10983da Vinci Surgical System
da Vinci Surgical System — Injury report filed with FDA (MAUDE). A MAUDE report does not establish that the device caused the outcome. Reported narrative: IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED THYROIDECTOMY SURGICAL PROCEDURE, WHILE CUTTING TISSUE, THE CUSTOMER FOUND THE TIP OF THE WHITE PAD OF THE HARMONIC ACE INSTRUMENT HAD FALLEN OFF OF THE INSTRUMENT AND INTO THE PATIENT. THE INSTRUMENT WAS REMOVED RIGHT AWAY. A DIFFERENT BACKUP DA VINCI INSTRUMENT WAS USED TO CONTINUE, AND THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH NO REPORT OF PATIENT INJURY. INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE INITIAL REPORTER AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: THE INSTRUMENT WAS INSPECTED PRIOR TO USE WITH NO DAMAGE OBSERVED. THE INSTRUMENT WAS IN USE FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND BROKE WHILE IT WAS BEING USED FOR DISSECTING TISSUE. ALL THE FRAGMENTS WERE RETRIEVED DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE AND CONFIRMED WITH VISUAL INSPECTION. NO ADDITIONAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE WAS REQUIRED. IT WAS UNKNOWN WHAT CAUSED THE BREAKAGE TO OCCUR AS THE INSTRUMENT DID NOT COLLIDE WITH ANY HARD MATERIALS OR OTHER INSTRUMENTS. THERE WAS NO PATIENT INJURY. THE SURGEON DID NOT NOTICE ANY ISSUES WITH THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE INSTRUMENT. THE FRAGMENTS DID NOT FALL INSIDE THE PATIENT DURING AN INSTRUMENT TIP OR ACCESSORY COLLISION. THE INSTRUMENT WAS NOT REMOVED D
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