FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PERFIX PLUG

MDR report key: 1103150 · Received August 8, 2008

Report

Report Number
1213643-2008-00385
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
August 8, 2008
Date of Event
March 19, 2002
Report Date
July 11, 2008
Manufacturer
DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K922916
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NOTE: REPORT FROM ATTORNEY INDICATES THAT NO DOCTOR HAS ATTRIBUTED THE EVENT TO THE USE OF OR ANY DEFECT IN THE PERFIX PLUG.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ATTORNEY REPORTED: IN 2002 - DURING REPAIR OF AN INCISIONAL HERNIA, A PERFIX PLUG MESH WAS IMPLANTED INTO THE PT. IN 2004 - PRESENT - PT HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUOUS PAIN, PINCHING, BINDING; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, DUE TO PAIN IN ABDOMINAL AREA. DOCTOR HAS ADVISED THAT THE PT SHOULD HAVE THE MESH REMOVED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A VISIBLE PROTRUSION COUPLED WITH CHRONIC PAIN STEMMING FROM THE SITE OF THE IMPLANT. NO DOCTOR HAS ATTRIBUTED THE ABOVE BODILY INJURIES TO THE USE OF THE PERFIX PLUG.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PERFIX PLUG FTL DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. NA 43AMD124

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR Other