FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CLIP TUBAL LIGATION FILSHIE

MDR report key: 13019038 · Received December 15, 2021

Report

Report Number
MW5106083
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 15, 2021
Date of Event
August 15, 2021
Report Date
December 13, 2021
Manufacturer
COOPER SURGICAL INC. / FEMCARE LTD.
Product Code
KNH
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT
Health Professional
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Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

I HAD TUBAL LIGATION CLIPS (FILSHIES) IMPLANTED AT THE BIRTH OF MY THIRD CHILD ON (B)(6) 2015. I DID NOT KNOW THEY IMPLANTED ANYTHING IN ME. I BELIEVED THEY WERE JUST TYING THEM. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING MY PERIODS BECAME VERY HEAVY AND PAINFUL. THIS WAS NEVER AN ISSUE BEFORE. IN 2016 I WAS PRESCRIBED AND STILL TAKE BIRTH CONTROL PILLS TO NOT HAVE PERIODS. NOT HAVING TO TAKE THE PILL HAD BEEN MY PRIMARY OBJECTION IN GETTING MY TUBES TIED TO BEGIN WITH. THEN IN (B)(6) OF 2021, I BEGAN HAVING SEVERE CHEST, UPPER BACK AND LEFT ARM PAIN. IN (B)(6) OF 2021 I HAD A SERIES OF XRAYS AND A CT SCAN THAT SHOWED THAT MY LEFT CLIP HAD MIGRATED TO MY UPPER LEFT QUADRANT. IT IS SITTING IN OR AROUND MY SPLEEN AND NOW HAS TO BE REMOVED. ALL OF THIS HAS COME AT COST TO MY QUALITY OF LIFE AND POCKET BOOK. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID# (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1913159 CLIP TUBAL LIGATION FILSHIE LAPAROSCOPIC CONTRACEPTIVE TUBAL OCCLUSION DEVICE KNH COOPER SURGICAL INC. / FEMCARE LTD. AVM-851

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 39 YR Female Hospitalization SPRINTEC (BIRTH CONTROL)