Literature citation: zoll b, jehangir a, edwards ma, petrov r, hughes w, malik z, parkman hp.Surgical treatment for refractory gastroparesis: stimulator, pyloric surgery, or both? journal of gastrointestinal surgery.2019.Doi: 10.1007/s11605-019-04391-x.This value is the average age of the patients reported in the article as specific patients could not be identified.This value reflects the sex of the majority of the patients reported in the article as specific patients could not be identified.Please note this date is based off of the article¿s acceptance date as the specific event date was not provided in the published literature.It was not possible to ascertain specific device information from the article or to match the reported events with previously reported events.Correspondence has been sent to the author of the article inquiring about individual patient information and additional information regarding the reported events.Other applicable components are: product id :3116, serial#: unknown, product type: implantable neurostimulator.Other relevant device(s) are: product id: 3116, serial/lot #: unknown, ubd:(b)(4) , udi#: (b)(4).If information is provided in the future, a supplemental report will be issued.
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Literature summary: the article set out to compare the clinical outcomes of gastric electric stimulation (ges), pyloric surgery (ps) such as pyloromyotomy or pyloroplasty, and simultaneous ges+ps for refractory gastroparesis (gp).The authors found that patients with refractory symptoms of gp undergoing ges, ps, or combined ges+ps each had significant improvement of their gcsi total score.Ges and combined ges+ps significantly improved nausea/vomiting.These results suggest ges or combined ges+ps appears better for nausea/vomiting predominant refractory gp.Reported events: 1.1 patient had their gastric stimulator removed for infection.2.1 patient had their gastric stimulator removed for severe pain.No further complications were reported or anticipated.See attached literature article.
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