A male patient underwent an aquablation procedure for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph).Procept biorobotics corporation became aware that the day after the aquablation procedure, the patient was transferred to the stroke unit due to a suspected stroke but confirmed to have suffered a transient ischemic attack (tia).The patient was administered anticoagulant medication and began bleeding at the bladder (per manufacturer's instructions for use, patient must safely stop anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents perioperatively).The patient was taken back to the operating room where two (2) units of blood transfusion were administered, and clot evacuation was performed.The physician stated that the bleeding occurred because of the patient being put back on anticoagulant medication soon after the aquablation procedure.The physician confirmed that the reported event was unrelated to the aquablation procedure.The patient was reported to be in stable condition.
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H.10 additional narrative/data: a review of the aquabeam robotic system's log file was reviewed, which confirmed no malfunctions during the aquablation procedure.The review indicated that the system functioned as designed.A review of the device history record (dhr) for serial number (b)(6) was conducted, which confirmed that there were no nonconformances generated during the manufacturing process of this system.The review indicated that the system met all required specifications upon release for distribution.A review for similar complaints was performed on serial number (b)(6), which confirmed that there were no other similar events reported on this system.No other similar have events have been reported across all systems.The aquabeam robotic system's instructions for use (ifu), ifu0104-00, rev.A, was reviewed and states the following: 3.Contraindications do not use the aquabeam robotic system in patients who do not meet the indication for the system's intended use.In addition, do not use the system in the following: · unable to safely stop anticoagulants or antiplatelet agents perioperatively 4.3.Warnings: procedure as with any surgical urologic procedure, potential perioperative risks of the aquablation procedure include: o bleeding a root cause for the reported event could not be determined.Based on the information obtained through the treating physician and the review of the log file, dhr and ifu, the event is considered not to be device related.Submission of this report does not constitute an admission that the manufacturer's product caused or contributed to the event.
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