On february 28, 2022, fujifilm healthcare americas corporation was notified of adverse events related to eg-580ut identified during literature review.The referenced scientific literature described 5 procedure-related adverse events, of which 4 resulted in death.The adverse events involved either the fujifilm eg-580ut or the olympus gf-uct180.Specific details of the procedure and the device used are not available, and the exact date of the event is unknown.The relationship between eg-580ut and the aes cannot be found in the report or related literature nor is it confirmed.As such, this case is being reported in an abundance of caution.Since no patient identifiers were provided, one report is being submitted for all five patients.
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