The reported event was as follows: a clinical journal article cited that a 71-year-old male patient had undergone a robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.There was a brief dislodgement of a third party 12- mm airseal? trocar.Forty-eight hours after the procedure, diagnostic testing revealed an intestinal prolapse at the 12-mm airseal? trocar site.The patient was diagnosed with a strangulated bowel due to a trocar site hernia.An emergency exploration surgical procedure was performed where intestine was resected and an end-to-end anastomosis was performed.Pr (b)(4).This report reflects information received by fda in the form of a notification per 803.22 (b)(2).
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