Failure to Anastomose (1028); No Code Available (3191)
Date of Event
10/31/2019
Type of Reportable Event
Serious Injury
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
(b)(4).If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
Event or Problem Description
According to the reporter, during right hemicolectomy, after the device was fired at the third firing (side-to-side anastomosis), when the anastomosed site was checked, it was found to be not anastomosed successfully and the staples were not formed to be u-shape.Manual suturing was performed to recover the staple line, and on the entry hole without using device.