Texas Ethicon Stapler Lawyer

Ethicon has issued multiple recalls for surgical staplers due to a risk of severe injury or death to patients.

Need a Texas Ethicon Stapler Lawyer? Collen A. Clark is a true advocate for his clients and is passionate about helping Texans that have been injured or wronged. If you or a loved one was injured by a recalled Ethicon surgical stapler malfunction, you should contact our lawyers immediately. You may be entitled to compensation by filing a lawsuit.

Ethicon Issues Class 1 Recall for Echelon Flex Staplers

October 2019 — Ethicon recalled the Echelon Flex™ Endopath® Surgical Staplers because it may fail to completely form a staple, which poses a risk of server injury or death to patients undergoing surgery. As of October 3, 2019, Ethicon reported 1 death and 7 serious injuries were linked to the recalled staplers. The potential risks to patients include prolonged surgery, postoperative connection (anastomotic) leak, hemorrhage, hemorrhagic shock, additional surgical intervention, and death.

Ethicon Recalls Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers

May 2019 — Ethicon Inc. and the FDA have announced a Class 1 Recall for nearly 100,000 staplers used in gastrointestinal surgery because they can misfire and cause severe injury or death to patients.

Ethicon has received reports of at least 2 patients who needed additional surgery to remove part of their rectum as a result of the staplers malfunctioning.

The recalled surgical staplers can cause severe injuries to patients, such as:

• Death
• Sepsis
• Bleeding
• The need for permanent ostomy “bag”
• Life-long nutritional and digestive issues
• Leak in the closure (anastomotic leak)
• Additional surgeries
• Need for additional closures (anastomoses)
• Need for antibiotics
• Additional imaging studies

The recall affects gastrointestinal surgeons who use Ethicon Endo-Surgery Intraluminal Staplers to make connections between structures (anastomoses). Patients may be affected if they have had intestinal surgery for colorectal cancer, bariatric surgery, and other procedures.

Ethicon recalled approximately 92,496 Endo-Surgery endoscopic and non-endoscopic staplers with adjustable height staples.

The recalled stapler have codes CDH21A, CDH25A, CDH29A, CDH33A, ECS21A, ECS25A, ECS29A, ECS33A. They were manufactured between March 6, 2018 and March 6, 2019, and distributed between March 15, 2018 and March 8, 2019.

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