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InjuryGEI

MEDLINE RENEWAL REMANUFACTURED LIGASURE EXACT

Received Dec 3, 2025 · Event occurred Oct 24, 2025

Report 3032391-2025-00009 · MDR key 23706688

Device

Generic name

Ligasure Exact Dissector Ft10 Compatible

Manufacturer

Medline Renewal

Catalog number

LF2019CRH

Product problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

Patient

42 YR · Female

  • Post Operative Wound Infection
  • Post Operative Wound Infection

Narrative

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE DEVICE WAS USED DURING A PROCEDURE. NO ISSUES WERE NOTED DURING THE PROCEDURE. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE ER WITH AN INFECTION, WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 4 DAYS, UNDERWENT A NECK I&D, AND WAS DISCHARGED ON IV ANTIBIOTICS. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO SERIOUS INJURY REQUIRING MEDICAL INTERVENTION, THEREFORE, THIS MEDWATCH IS BEING FILED. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS IDENTIFIED OR OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MEDWATCH WILL BE SUBMITTED.

Description of Event or Problem

THE DEVICE WAS USED DURING A PROCEDURE. NO ISSUES WERE NOTED DURING THE PROCEDURE. A FEW DAYS LATER, THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE ER WITH AN INFECTION, WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR 4 DAYS, UNDERWENT A NECK I&D, AND WAS DISCHARGED ON IV ANTIBIOTICS.

Remedial action

  • Other
  • Recall