The suspect medical devices were not returned to olympus for evaluation/investigation.There were no reports of any malfunction of the respective hf-generators during the procedures performed.Therefore, the exact cause of the reported phenomena and the patient¿s outcomes could not be determined and is being judged as unknown.Furthermore, a dhr review could not be performed since basic data of article identification (serial number) are missing.Instead, a manufacturing and quality control review was performed for the last 24 months of production.There were no non-conformities or deviations regarding the described issue.The case will be closed on olympus side with no further actions.The reported events/incidents will be recorded for trending and surveillance purposes and the user will be informed about the investigation result.
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In the course of general literature search at olympus, a study entitled "endoscopic full-thickness resection(ftr) versus endoscopic submucosal dissection (esd) in the treatment of colonic neoplastic lesions = 30 mm¿a single-center experience"was reviewed that was conducted at vítkovice hospital in ostrava and university hospital in olomouc, czech republic.The study describes complications that occured in patients in connection with the respective procedures, which were performed using the olympus esg-100 or esg-300 hf generators in the time period between march 2015 and september 2018.Since the literature specifies both the esg-100 generator and the esg-30 generator, the esg-100 hf generator has been selected as a representative product.The study describes that during the ftr procedures performed perforation occured in 1 patient, delayed bleeding in 4 patients and acute appednicitis in 2 patients.During the esd procedures performed perforation occured in 4 patients, delayed bleeding in 4 patients, and coagulation syndrome in 12 patients.There was no report about any malfunction of any of the olympus medical devices used.
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