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KD-640L |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Pneumothorax (2012); Unspecified Tissue Injury (4559)
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being submitted to report the user's experience and the investigation findings.The complaint device(s) were not returned to olympus for physical evaluation.The device history record (dhr) for the complaint device(s) could not be reviewed since the lot number was not provided.Olympus does not ship any device that does not meet all design and safety specifications conclusion: the definitive cause of the reported events could not be established.There was no report of any olympus device malfunction reported in any procedure described in this study, therefore it is presumed that the cause of the reported events is not related to the device.
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Event or Problem Description
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It is reported in the literature article titled "peroral endoscopic myotomy achieves similar clinical response but incurs lesser charges compared to robotic heller myotomy, " five patients in the peroral endoscopic myotomy (poem) group experienced an adverse event.This was a retrospective single center review of 52 consecutive poem procedures between 2012-2014, and 52 consecutive rhm procedures between 2009-2014 with the primary aim of comparing the inpatient charges incurred by patients undergoing poem or robotic heller myotomy (rhm) for the treatment of achalasia.In all poem cases, an olympus kd-640l was used.There is no report of device malfunction during any of these procedures.Five patients in the peroral endoscopic myotomy (poem) group experiencing an adverse event (pneumothorax (1), mucostomies (4).No information was provided regarding any treatment required for these reported events.This report is being submitted to report the potential that an olympus device could have caused or contributed to a reported adverse event.
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