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ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT RETURNED TO SURGERY FOR ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN. PERFORATED VISCUS WAS SEEN. RESECTION OF TERMINAL ILEUM AND ILEOSTOMY WERE PERFORMED BY LAPAROTOMY. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT'S ABDOMINAL WALL WOUND WAS OPENED AND DRAINED FOR SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED TO REHABILITATION. THE PATIENT'S DATE OF DEATH AND CAUSE OF DEATH WERE NOT PROVIDED." }, { "mdr_text_key": "17050887", "text_type_code": "Additional Manufacturer Narrative", "patient_sequence_number": "1", "text": "BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) HAS NOT DETERMINED THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS AND SUBSEQUENT DEMISE EXPERIENCED BY THE PATIENT. THE MEDICAL RECORDS DO NOT CONTAIN ANY ALLEGATION OF A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY. REVIEW OF THE SITE'S SYSTEM LOGS FOR THE REPORTED PROCEDURE DATE FOUND THAT NO SYSTEM ERRORS WERE GENERATED THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS EXPERIENCED BY THE PATIENT. IN ADDITION, NO PREVIOUS COMPLAINT WAS REPORTED RELATED TO THIS EVENT. ISI ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE SITE TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE RISK MANAGEMENT GROUP; HOWEVER, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT NO RESPONSE HAS BEEN RECEIVED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED A FOLLOW UP MEDWATCH REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE FDA. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: THE PATIENT ALLEGEDLY EXPERIENCED SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING A DA VINCI SURGICAL PROCEDURE AND SUBSEQUENTLY DIED ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE." }, { "mdr_text_key": "11836992", "text_type_code": "Additional Manufacturer Narrative", "patient_sequence_number": "1", "text": "SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAL RECORDS WERE PROVIDED TO INTUITIVE SURGICAL INC.(ISI), WHICH CONTAINED PRIOR REPORTS AS WELL AS THE PATHOLOGY REPORT FROM THE RESECTED BOWEL PERFORATIONS. THE PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS WAS SEVERE ISCHEMIC BOWEL DISEASE WITH MUCOSAL NECROSIS, CLINICAL PERFORATION, ACUTE SEROSITIS AND ABSCESS FORMATION. NO EVIDENCE OF ELECTROSURGICAL INJURY OR TRAUMA WAS FOUND. ACCORDING TO THE DISCHARGE SUMMARY DATED (B)(4) 2012, THE PATIENT WAS DOING WELL AT THE TIME. THE PATIENT'S DATE AND CAUSE OF DEATH WERE NOT PROVIDED WITHIN THE SUPPLEMENTAL MEDICAL RECORDS. A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION WAS CONDUCTED. 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