It was reported that 18 hours after a da vinci assisted pancreatoduodenectomy, the patient bled and was taken back for a laparotomy to control hemostasis.It is believed the bleeding was associated with the vessel sealer extend (vse) instrument.At the time of the initial reporting, the clinical sales representative (csr) believed the patient had been discharged.Intuitive surgical, inc.(isi) attempted follow-up to obtain additional information.However, no further details have been received as of the date of this report.
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No product has been returned to intuitive surgical, inc.(isi) for evaluation.Advanced energy logs show the instrument was installed and passed homing 18 times.There were 148 cut complete and 1 cut failed events recorded.E100 logs show 2 coag and 375 seal events, with 3 high initial starting impedance errors.System logs showed some errors that were not related to a sealing issue.The instrument was used for about 4.5 hours.
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