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WA91307W |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding (1888)
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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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The investigation is ongoing.A supplemental report will be submitted when the investigation is completed or if additional information becomes available.
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that after use of a resectoscope with electrosurgical generator for transurethral resection (tur) of the prostate or bladder, there was a significant increase in post-operative bleeding requiring surgical revision.It was additionally reported that bleeding usually occurred in the first 2-3 days.The consequence was usually a tur hemostasis with renewed coagulation of the resection areas.The customer reported that the settings were always the same: saline 1 as the recommended default setting and coagulation at 120, effect 2 and there was never an official error message from the device.Attempts to gain amount and severity of bleeding were unsuccessful.Report 1 of 10.
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Event or Problem Description
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Additional information received from the customer stating that the problem occurred only with this generator.The problem does not occur with the current rental generator and the settings were set to default.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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This report is being supplemented to provide additional information based on the approved final investigation
updated fields: b5, d8, d9, h2,h3, h4, h6 and h11
the device was returned to olympus and the reported failure was not confirmed.As part of the evaluation, the device underwent a visual inspection and functional testing to determine its condition and no problem was detected.Based on the results of the investigation, the definitive root cause of the reported issue could not be determined as no problem was detected with the device.Should additional relevant information become available, a supplemental report will be submitted.Olympus will continue to monitor field performance for this device.
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