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(ISI) BECAME AWARE OF THE GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿IS LEFT-SIDE DAVINCI PROCEDURE CHALLENGING? INITIAL EXPERIENCES OF A SINGLE INSTITUTE.¿ WITHIN THE ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING IS NOTED: CASE #2 INVOLVED A 66-YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT WITH STAGE 1A CANCER WHO UNDERWENT A DA VINCI-ASSISTED LEFT UPPER LOBECTOMY PROCEDURE ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. THE CAUSE OF THE CONVERSION PER TABLE 3 IN THE ARTICLE WAS AN ¿INJURY OF AORTA.¿ ¿IN CASE 2, THE AORTA WAS PARTIALLY STAPLED UPON DIVIDING THE INTERLOBAR FISSURE BETWEEN THE APICO-POSTERIOR SEGMENT OF THE LEFT UPPER LOBE AND THE APICAL SEGMENT OF THE LEFT LOWER LOBE, WHICH WAS REPAIRED BY END-TO-END ANASTOMOSIS UNDER BYPASSING WITH EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANOUS OXYGENATION. IN BOTH CASES CONVENTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC STAPLING DEVICES WERE EMPLOYED.¿ THERE IS NO ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY OCCURRED IN RELATION TO THE REPORTED EVENT. FURTHERMORE, IT WAS NOTED IN REFERENCE TO CASE #2 (AND CASE #1), \"IN BOTH CASES, CONVENTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC STAPLING DEVICES WERE EMPLOYED.\" ADDITIONALLY, THE ARTICLE STATES THE FOLLOWING: \"WE EXPERIENCED TWO CONVERSIONS IN STAPLING THE FISSURE OF THE LEFT UPPER LOBE. BOTH CONVERSIONS WERE CAUSED BY FAILURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TIP OF THE STAPLER WAS FREE FROM THE ADJACENT STRUCTURES. THIS IS PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 30 DEGREE ANGLED SCOPE: IT IS DIFFICULT TO OBSERVE LATERALLY UNLIKE THE 2D RIGID ANGLED SCOPE, AS THE ROTATION OF THE SCOPE WAS RESTRICTED. MOREOVER, THE INTERFERENCE OF THE ARMS OUTSIDE THE PATIENT BODY MAY HINDER THE LATERAL POSITIONING OF THE SCOPE ARM. TAPING THE OBJECT TO BE STAPLED TO SECURE AND CONFIRMING THE TIP OF THE STAPLER IS A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE METHOD TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.¿ ON 05-MAY-2022, INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) FOLLOWED UP WITH THE AUTHOR AND OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DA VINCI-ASSISTED LEFT UPPER LOBECTOMY OCCURRED IN 2012. THE PRECISE DATE WAS NOT AVAILABLE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WASN¿T ANY BLOOD LOSS DUE TO PARTIALLY STAPLED AORTA. BLEEDING WAS NOT OBSERVED FROM ANY TISSUE. THE BLOOD LOSS WAS MEASURED AT LESS THAN 200ML. A BLOOD TRANSFUSION WAS ADMINISTERED, THE EXACT AMOUNT TRANSFUSED WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE SURGEON BELIEVES THAT THE CAUSE OF THE POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION(S) WAS PAIN, DUE TO THORACOTOMY. THE SURGEON CONFIRMED THAT DUE TO POST-OPERATIVE COMPLICATION(S) THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED PAIN MEDICATION. THE EXACT MEDICATION ADMINISTERED IS UNKNOWN." }, { "mdr_text_key": "295046724", "text_type_code": "Additional Manufacturer Narrative", "patient_sequence_number": "0", "text": "BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED, THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED COMPLICATION CANNOT BE DETERMINED. THERE IS NO ALLEGATION THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, INSTRUMENT, OR ACCESSORY OCCURRED IN RELATION TO THE REPORTED EVENT. INSTRUMENT LOG REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT RELATED TO THE COMPLAINT CANNOT BE PERFORMED AT THIS TIME BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT PRODUCT INFORMATION. THE EVENT DATE IS UNKNOWN AND A REVIEW OF THE SITE'S COMPLAINT HISTORY CANNOT BE PERFORMED TO IDENTIFY RELATED/DUPLICATE COMPLAINTS. NO IMAGE OR VIDEO CLIP FOR THE REPORTED EVENT WAS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AND NO PRODUCTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A FOLLOW-UP MDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. THIS EVENT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED DA VINCI-ASSISTED LEFT UPPER LOBECTOMY PROCEDURE, THE AORTA WAS PARTIALLY STAPLED UPON DIVIDING THE INTERLOBAR FISSURE BETWEEN THE APICO-POSTERIOR SEGMENT OF THE LEFT UPPER LOBE AND THE APICAL SEGMENT OF THE LEFT LOWER LOBE, WHICH WAS REPAIRED BY END-TO-END ANASTOMOSIS UNDER BYPASSING WITH EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANOUS OXYGENATION. THE CAUSE OF THE CONVERSION WAS FAILURE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TIP OF THE STAPLER WAS FREE FROM THE ADJACENT STRUCTURES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT A BLOOD TRANSFUSION WAS ADMINISTERED, THE EXACT AMOUNT OF BLOOD TRANSFUSED IS UNKNOWN. FOLLOW-UP WAS ATTEMPTED, BUT THE MISSING PATIENT INFORMATION WAS EITHER UNKNOWN, UNAVAILABLE, NOT PROVIDED, OR NOT APPLICABLE. THE EXPIRATION DATE IS NOT APPLICABLE. THE PRODUCT IS NOT IMPLANTABLE. 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