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(ISI) BECAME AWARE OF AN UROLOGY ARTICLE TITLED, ¿INTRAOPERATIVE DECISION-MAKING: THERMAL INJURY DURING ROBOTIC PYELOPLASTY¿ (HIGGINS, M., AND SALTZMAN, A., 2020). WITHIN THE CLINICAL JOURNAL ARTICLE, IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING A DA VINCI-ASSISTED PYELOPLASTY PROCEDURE, AN INADVERTENT THERMAL INJURY TO A URETER OCCURRED DUE TO ARCING FROM A MONOPOLAR CURVED SCISSORS (MCS) INSTRUMENT TO A FENESTRATED BIPOLAR FORCEPS (FBF) INSTRUMENT. THE INJURY OCCURRED WHILE THE SURGEON WAS PERFORMING INITIAL PROXIMAL URETERAL DISSECTION AND WHILE ACTIVATING ENERGY WITH THE MCS INSTRUMENT WHICH WAS TOUCHING THE FBF INSTRUMENT. AT THE TIME THE INJURY OCCURRED, THE FBF INSTRUMENT WAS BEING USED TO PROVIDE UPWARD URETERAL RETRACTION. ON 22-JUN-2020, ISI OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE REGARDING THE REPORTED EVENT: THERE IS NO ALLEGATION OR CLAIM THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, AN INSTRUMENT, OR AN ACCESSORY OCCURRED DURING THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE INVOLVING THE OPERATIVE COMPLICATION. THERE IS ALSO NO ALLEGATION OR CLAIM THAT A MALFUNCTION OF A DA VINCI SYSTEM, AN INSTRUMENT, OR AN ACCESSORY CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE OPERATIVE COMPLICATION. ISI HAS MADE MULTIPLE FOLLOW-UP ATTEMPTS TO THE REACH OUT TO THE AUTHOR TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. HOWEVER, NO FURTHER DETAILS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT." }, { "mdr_text_key": "295068222", "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. THE ARTICLE INCLUDED A VIDEO OF THE REPORTED EVENT WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY AN INTUITIVE SURGICAL, INC. (ISI) CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER (CDE). THE CDE CONFIRMED THAT WHILE THE SURGEON WAS ACTIVATING THE MCS INSTRUMENT, THE INSTRUMENT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE FBF INSTRUMENT. THE NARRATOR OF THE VIDEO FURTHER STATES: \"AS YOU CAN SEE THE MOVEMENTS ARE SLOW AND INTENTIONAL, THOSE OF A NEW TRAINEE. AS THE TRAINEE RELEASES THE INFERIOR ATTACHMENTS NEAR THE ILIAC VESSELS, ALL COGNITIVE EFFORT IS BEING USED TO INCREASE THE RETRACTION WITH THE LEFT-HAND AND WORK WITH THE INFERIOR JAW OF THE SCISSORS, NEGLECTING THE SUPERIOR JAW. THE SUPERIOR JAWS CONTACTS THE FENESTRATED BIPOLAR AND ARCS CAUSING THERMAL INJURY TO THE PROXIMAL URETER. THE ACTION IS IMMEDIATELY NOTED AND THE AREA IS INSPECTED. BLANCHING IS NOTED.\" SYSTEM AND INSTRUMENT LOG REVIEWS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS THERE WAS LACK OF PRODUCT AND PROCEDURE INFORMATION. NO ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL REVIEW WAS REQUIRED AND/OR PERFORMED BASED ON THE COMPLAINT SINCE THE EVENT DATE, SITE NAME, AND DA VINCI SYSTEM INFORMATION ARE UNKNOWN. THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING REPORTED DUE TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: DURING INITIAL PROXIMAL URETERAL DISSECTION, THERE WAS AN INADVERTENT THERMAL INJURY TO THE URETER DUE TO ARCING OF THE ACTIVATED MONOPOLAR SCISSORS VIA THE FENESTRATED BIPOLAR, WHICH WAS PROVIDING UPWARD URETERAL RETRACTION. FLAP PYELOPLASTY WAS PERFORMED TO REPAIR THE URETER." } ], "number_patients_in_event": "", "distributor_name": "", "manufacturer_g1_address_1": "3410 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY", "distributor_zip_code": "", "manufacturer_contact_postal_code": "", "manufacturer_contact_exchange": "408", "manufacturer_contact_pcountry": "", "suppl_dates_fda_received": "" } ] }