A company representative, on behalf of a user facility, reported to olympus that during a pancreaticoduodenectomy (whipple procedure) using a telescope "ir", 10 mm, 30°, the patient sustained several injuries.The surgeon was using a suture and accidentally cut the patient's hepatic artery as well as punctured the colon while grasping it.The blood loss due to the hepatic artery cut was controlled within a matter of minutes by coagulation.There were no error messages while using our equipment during the procedure.The procedure was expected to last 4-6 hours, but instead lasted 12 hours.The patient was hospitalized in the intensive care unit but was stable a "few days" after the case.It was stated that there was no failure of olympus equipment.Patient identifier (b)(6) is for the telescope "ir", 10 mm, 30°.Patient identifier (b)(6) is for the hd 3cmos autoclavable camera head.
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