The FDA reveals that 56,000 malfunctions associated with surgical staplers weren’t reported through its traditional public reporting system. (Al Drago/CQ Roll Call) The Food and Drug Administration ...
The Food and Drug Administration has acknowledged that more than 56,000 never-before-disclosed surgical stapler malfunctions were quietly reported to the agency from 2011 through 2018. The newly ...
Dr. Douglas Kwazneski was helping a Pittsburgh surgeon remove an appendix when something jarring happened. The surgical stapler meant to cut and seal the tissue around the appendix locked up.
Dr. Douglas Kwazneski was helping a Pittsburgh surgeon remove an appendix when something jarring happened. The surgical stapler meant to cut and seal the tissue around the appendix locked up.
Phil Levering (left) says his father, Mark Levering, used to have a calm demeanor but now exhibits signs of aggression due to a brain injury he suffered after a surgery gone wrong. Heidi de Marco KHN ...
KHN’s “Hidden Harm” series on the FDA’s secret database of malfunctioning medical devices was honored on Oct. 2, 2019, with the prestigious Barlett & Steele Award for Investigative Journalism. The ...
Phil Levering, left, says his father, Mark Levering, used to have a calm demeanor but now exhibits signs of aggression due to a brain injury he suffered after a surgery gone wrong. (Heidi de) Dr.
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