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Olympus medical systems corp.(omsc) received a literature titled "risk factors for post-endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography pancreatitis in children with chronic pancreatitis and its prediction using 4-hour postprocedure serum amylase and lipase levels".Thirty children with chronic pancreatitis (cp) who underwent 62 endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ercp) procedures were studied.Post¿endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography pancreatitis (pep) occurred in 14.5% (9/62) of ercp procedures (mild: 8, moderate:1) with no mortality.Type of adverse events/number of patients pep: 9/62 {pancreatic pseudocyst -1, epigastric pain abdomen -9, nonbilious vomiting -5, bulky pancreas -6} 8 mild, 1 moderately severe.Symptoms (abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting) and signs (abdominal tenderness) of pancreatitis were clinically evaluated for 24 hours after ercp.If the child developed abdominal pain any time after the procedure they were evaluated for cause of pain and started on symptomatic treatment (nothing by mouth, intravenous fluids, and analgesics).The diagnosis of pep was based on new or worsened abdominal pain combined with elevated serum pancreatic enzymes, thus prolonging a planned hospital admission or necessitating hospitalization after an ercp.Any complication was managed as per standard protocol.
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This report is being supplemented to provide additional information based on the legal manufacturer's final investigation.The device history record was unable to be reviewed for this device since the serial and/or lot number was not provided.However, olympus only releases products to market that meet all manufacturing specifications and final product release criteria.Based on the results of the investigation, the relationship between the device and the adverse events cannot be confirmed.There was no complaint reported on the subject device.There is no evidence of an olympus device malfunction.Therefore, the root cause cannot be determined.Olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.
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