ESSURE
Report
- Report Number
- 2951250-2023-03130
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- October 21, 2023
- Date of Event
- March 1, 2022
- Report Date
- November 22, 2023
- Manufacturer
- BAYER PHARMA AG
- Product Code
- HHS
- UDI-DI
- 10888853003051
- PMA / PMN Number
- P020014
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- US
- Reporter Occupation
- OTHER
- Health Professional
- N
Narratives
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED BY A LAWYER ON BEHALF OF A CONSUMER (SUBSEQUENTLY MEDICALLY CONFIRMED) AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF DEVICE DISLOCATION ("WORKUP SHOWED DISPLACEMENT OF HER ESSURE COILS") IN A 50 YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED FOR FEMALE STERILISATION. THE PATIENT HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF UTERINE CERVICAL SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA, PARITY, UTERINE FIBROIDS, ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, PARITY 1 AND GRAVIDA I ON (B)(6) 2022. ON (B)(6) 2022,, SHE EXPERIENCED DEVICE DISLOCATION (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). ESSURE WAS REMOVED THE SAME DAY. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY (SINGLE INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGECTOMY, CYSTOSCOPY). THE REPORTER CONSIDERED DEVICE DISLOCATION TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE ADMINISTRATION. DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS (NORMAL RANGES ARE PROVIDED IN PARENTHESIS IF AVAILABLE): [BLOOD CHLORIDE] ON (B)(6) 2021: 110; ON (B)(6) 2021: 109; ON (B)(6) 2022: 108 [CARBON DIOXIDE] ON (B)(6) 2021: 22; ON (B)(6) 2022: 20 [PATHOLOGY TEST] ON (B)(6) 2022: SPECIMEN INFORMATION: UTERUS WITH CERVIX PRE-OP DIAGNOSIS: ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING;INTRAMURAL FIBROCIAS ;DISPLACEMENT OF ESSURE COILS. FINAL DIAGNOSIS: UTERUS AND FALLOPIAN TUBES, EXCISION: CERVIX- CIN, FOCAL (DYSPLASIA OF SQUAMOUS MUCOSA) - INVOLVING SUPERFICIAL ENDOCERVICAL GLAND - GRADE INDETERMINATE - AT T ZONE REMOTE TO MARGIN - NEGATIVE FOR INVASIVE MALIGNANCY SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA CHRONIC INFLAMMATION NABOTHIAN CYSTS ENDOMETRIUM:NO PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS PROLIFERATIVE PATTERN ESSURE COILS AS GROSSLY DESCRIBED MYOMETRIUM:LEIOMYOMAS ADENOMYOSIS (POSTERIOR INNER 3RD) FALLOPIAN TUBES:NO PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS NORMAL CROSS-SECTIONS DEMONSTRATED SEROSA:NO PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS NEGATIVE FOR ADHESIONS AND ENDOMETRIOSIS GROSS DESCRIPTION: THERE IS AN ESSURE COIL IN THE LOWER UTERINE SEGMENT OF THE ANTERIOR HALF EXTENDING INTO THE ENDOCERVICAL CANAL AND ESSURE COIL IDENTIFIED IN THE RIGHT CORNU. NO ESSURE COIL IS IDENTIFIED IN RIGHT OR LEFT FALLOPIAN TUBES. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: FOR ESSURE: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL PRODUCT BATCHES HAVE MET THE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING LABELING, MATERIAL, AND PROCESS CONTROLS AT TIME OF RELEASE. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND BATCH RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE OR BATCH NUMBER WERE AVAILABLE. THE MOST RECENT FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION INCORPORATED ABOVE INCLUDES DATA RECEIVED ON: 14-NOV-2023: QUALITY SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC. BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WAS CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED BY A LAWYER ON BEHALF OF A CONSUMER (SUBSEQUENTLY MEDICALLY CONFIRMED) AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF DEVICE DISLOCATION ("WORKUP SHOWED DISPLACEMENT OF HER ESSURE COILS") IN A 50 YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED FOR FEMALE STERILISATION. THE PATIENT HAD A MEDICAL HISTORY OF UTERINE CERVICAL SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA, NORMAL DELIVERY (LIVE CHILD), UTERINE FIBROIDS, ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING, PARITY 1 AND GRAVIDA I ON (B)(6) 2022. ON (B)(6) 2022,, SHE EXPERIENCED DEVICE DISLOCATION (SERIOUSNESS CRITERION INTERVENTION REQUIRED). ESSURE WAS REMOVED THE SAME DAY. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY (SINGLE INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGECTOMY, CYSTOSCOPY). THE REPORTER CONSIDERED DEVICE DISLOCATION TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE ADMINISTRATION. DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS (NORMAL RANGES ARE PROVIDED IN PARENTHESIS IF AVAILABLE): [BLOOD CHLORIDE] ON (B)(6) 2021: 110; ON (B)(6) 2021: 109; ON (B)(6) 2022: 108. [CARBON DIOXIDE] ON (B)(6) 2021: 22; ON (B)(6) 2022: 20. [PATHOLOGY TEST] ON (B)(6) 2022: SPECIMEN INFORMATION: UTERUS WITH CERVIX PRE-OP DIAGNOSIS: ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING;INTRAMURAL FIBROCIAS ;DISPLACEMENT OF ESSURE COILS. FINAL DIAGNOSIS: UTERUS AND FALLOPIAN TUBES, EXCISION: CERVIX- CIN, FOCAL (DYSPLASIA OF SQUAMOUS MUCOSA) - INVOLVING SUPERFICIAL ENDOCERVICAL GLAND, - GRADE INDETERMINATE, - AT T ZONE REMOTE TO MARGIN, - NEGATIVE FOR INVASIVE MALIGNANCY. SQUAMOUS METAPLASIA, CHRONIC INFLAMMATION, NABOTHIAN CYSTS, ENDOMETRIUM:NO PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS. PROLIFERATIVE PATTERN. ESSURE COILS AS GROSSLY DESCRIBED. MYOMETRIUM:LEIOMYOMAS ADENOMYOSIS (POSTERIOR INNER 3RD). FALLOPIAN TUBES:NO PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS. NORMAL CROSS-SECTIONS DEMONSTRATED. SEROSA:NO PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS. NEGATIVE FOR ADHESIONS AND ENDOMETRIOSIS. GROSS DESCRIPTION: THERE IS AN ESSURE COIL IN THE LOWER UTERINE SEGMENT OF THE ANTERIOR HALF EXTENDING INTO THE ENDOCERVICAL CANAL AND ESSURE COIL IDENTIFIED IN THE RIGHT CORNU. NO ESSURE COIL IS IDENTIFIED IN RIGHT OR LEFT FALLOPIAN TUBES. QUALITY-SAFETY EVALUATION OF PTC: FOR ESSURE: NO DEFECT COULD BE CONFIRMED BY THE MANUFACTURER. ALL PRODUCT BATCHES HAVE MET THE SPECIFICATIONS REGARDING LABELING, MATERIAL, AND PROCESS CONTROLS AT TIME OF RELEASE. TREND ANALYSES OF COMPLAINTS ARE REVIEWED REGULARLY, NO SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED WITH REGARD TO THE REPORTED COMPLAINT REASON. THE RISK MANAGEMENT FILE WAS REVIEWED AND AN UPDATE WAS NOT DEEMED REQUIRED. A TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT SAMPLE AND BATCH RECORD REVIEW COULD NOT BE CONDUCTED, AS NO SAMPLE OR BATCH NUMBER WERE AVAILABLE BASED ON THE AVAILABLE INFORMATION, A REVIEW OF OUR COMPLAINT RECORDS AND OTHER RELEVANT DATA WAS CONDUCTED; ANY NEW AND REPORTABLE INFORMATION THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM OUR INVESTIGATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN A SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996059 | ESSURE | TRANSCERVICAL CONTRACEPTIVE TUBAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | HHS | BAYER PHARMA AG | ESS305 | 10888853003051 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 50 YR | Female | Required Intervention |