FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INCLOSE SURGICAL MESH SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1365114 · Received April 17, 2009

Report

Report Number
3005501497-2009-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 17, 2009
Date of Event
October 18, 2007
Report Date
April 17, 2009
Manufacturer
ANULEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K050969
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TN, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE INCLOSE MESH WAS IMPLANTED IN 2007, FOLLOWING A DISCECTOMY PROCEDURE FOR TREATMENT OF SYMPTOMS RELATED TO A HERNIATED INTERVERTEBRAL DISC AT L5-S1. THE PT RETURNED TO THE CLINIC ONE MONTH LATER WITH RECURRENT LEFT S1 RADICULOPATHY. EXPLORATORY SURGERY WAS PERFORMED THE FOLLOWING MONTH. AFTER REMOVAL OF RECURRENT DISC EXTRUSION, THE MESH WAS FOUND PARTIALLY EXTRUDED FROM THE DISC SPACE AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE SECURED TO THE ANULUS ON THE LATERAL SIDE OF THE REPAIR SITE. THE MESH WAS REMOVED AND AGGRESSIVE DISCECTOMY WAS PERFORMED UNTIL THE DISC SPACE WAS LARGELY EMPTIED. THE PT WAS DISCHARGED THE FOLLOWING DAY WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. THE PT WAS LAST SEEN ON A REFERRAL IN 2009, DUE TO SYMPTOMS RELATING TO A POSSIBLE RIGHT L4 RADICULOPATHY, HOWEVER, COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS RECORDS INDICATED LITTLE CHANGE IF ANY. A NON-SURGICAL COURSE OF TREATMENT WAS RECOMMEND.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INCLOSE SURGICAL MESH SYSTEM SURGICAL MESH, POLYMERIC FTL ANULEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC INCLOSE-XR 100347

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR Required Intervention