Medwatch (b)(4) description of event: stapler loaded by scrub, tested prior to entry into port by surgeon, placed into port, fired, jaws opened to stapler enough for tissue to fall from stapler, #5 button in the back of the stapler did not open fully, surgeon pulled stapler back recoiled and a hole occurred in the diaphragm.The opening was sutured intraoperatively.The patient remained hemodynamically stable throughout.The device was unable to be evaluated since the hospital declined to return it.
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