SURGIMESH XB

Description of Event or Problem

FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF PREVIOUSLY PLACED MESH AND RE-REPAIR OF A VENTRAL HERNIA USING SURGIMESH XB E-2226 DURING A ROBOTIC LAPAROSCOPIC, THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PNEUMOPERITONEUM ON (B)(6) 2015. AT RE-EXPLORATION THE PATIENT WAS FOUND TO HAVE A TRANSVERSE COLON ENTEROTOMY WHICH WAS REPAIRED AND TREATED WITH CIPRO/FLAGYL AND A WOUND VAC. ON POD 3 THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR AN I AND D WITH INTERMEDIATE CLOSURE PERFORMED. ON POD 8 THE PATIENTS WOUND VAC WAS TAKEN DOWN AND THE ABDOMINAL WOUND PACKED WITH AQUACEL AND COVERED WITH GAUZE. ON POD 9 THE PATIENT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE SAR WHERE HER VITAL SIGNS WERE STABLE. WOUND TREATMENT CONTINUES WITH THE XB E-2226 IN PLACE. STERILITY OF THE XB E-2226 WAS CONFIRMED WITH THE MANUFACTURERS STERILIZATION RECORDS.