FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

OVITEX REINFORCED TISSUE MATRIX

MDR report key: 17795890 · Received September 21, 2023

Report

Report Number
3010513348-2023-00008
Event Type
Death
Date Received
September 21, 2023
Date of Event
August 21, 2023
Report Date
September 21, 2023
Manufacturer
AROA BIOSURGERY
Product Code
FTM
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS OF NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AFTER ROBOTIC PARASTOMAL SUGARBAKER HERNIA REPAIR AND ONE WEEK AFTER ONSET OF ENTEROCOLITIS. THE PATIENT WAS DEBRIDED MULTIPLE TIMES UNSUCCESSFULLY AND IT WAS NOTED THAT THE OVITEX DEVICE WAS INTACT. NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IS AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLICATION IN ADULT PATIENTS AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE COMPLICATION WAS TRULY NECROTIZING FASCIITIS. THE OVITEX DEVICE IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THESE EVENTS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY CAUSED BY INFECTION. THE OVITEX DEVICE WAS REPORTED INTACT AND IS TERMINALLY STERILIZED WITH A VALIDATED STERILIZATION CYCLE. IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THIS EVENT IS BEING REPORTED BASED ON THE PATIENT OUTCOME.

Description of Event or Problem · 0

A PATIENT UNDERWENT ROBOTIC PARASTOMAL SUGARBAKER HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2023 WITH OVITEX. ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS. THE PATIENT WAS DEBRIDED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE PATIENT PASSED AWAY APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK LATER. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE OVITEX DEVICE WAS INTACT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
509972 OVITEX REINFORCED TISSUE MATRIX SURGICAL MESH, PRODUCT CODE: FTM FTM AROA BIOSURGERY F10246-2020P ERT-22L03

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Unknown Death| H