| Model Number |
8180-20 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Break (1069)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Foreign Body In Patient (2687)
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| Date of Event |
12/14/2023
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Type of Reportable Event
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Malfunction
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported, the physician was in the intensive care unit (icu) performing a peg (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) procedure and had issue with the trocar (safety needle).Lodged in the abdominal wall and when attempting to retrieve it, the tip of the trocar broke off.Patient required surgery to retrieve the broken tip." additional information received 04-jan-2024 stating the clinicians "performed an exploratory laparotomy, partial colectomy, repair of small bowel, omentectomy, colostomy creation, ventral hernia repair, wound exploration and foreign body removal, gastrostomy tube placement.".
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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The actual complaint product was not returned for evaluation.A review of the device history record is not possible as no lot number was provided.Root cause could not be determined.All information reasonably known as of 11-jan-2024 has been included in this health authority report.Should additional information be obtained, a follow-up health authority report will be provided.The information provided by avanos medical, inc.Represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant / reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to avanos medical, inc.Avanos medical, inc.Has no independent knowledge of the event reported but is relaying the information that was provided by the user facility where the incident occurred.This product incident is documented in the avanos medical, inc.Complaint database and identified as complaint (b)(4).This information is submitted pursuant to 21cfr803, in compliance with the medical device reporting requirement and should not be considered to be an admission that an avanos medical, inc.Product is defective or caused serious injury.H3 other text : device not returned.
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