FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GORE DUALMESH PLUS BIOMATERIAL

MDR report key: 1884410 · Received October 25, 2010

Report

Report Number
2017233-2010-00474
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 25, 2010
Date of Event
January 1, 2007
Report Date
October 22, 2010
Manufacturer
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IT
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

METHOD - DEVICE NOT RETURNED FOR EVAL AND LOT# INFO IS UNK. LOT NUMBER INFO WAS NOT PROVIDED, THEREFORE, A REVIEW OF QUALITY RECORDS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. THE DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED, THEREFORE, A DIRECT PRODUCT ANALYSIS COULD NOT BE PERFORMED. BASED UPON THE AVAILABLE INFO, THE EXACT CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED EVENT CANNOT BE DETERMINED. ALL AVAILABLE INFO HAS BEEN PLACED ON FILE FOR TRACKING, TRENDING AND F/U. A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED IF NEW INFO IS OBTAINED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT A PT UNDERWENT A LOW ANTERIOR RESECTION AND PELVIC FLOOR RECONSTRUCTION IN (B)(6) 2004, WHERE GORE DUALMESH PLUS BIOMATERIAL WAS USED. IN 2005, THE PT REPORTED DIARRHEA AND PERINEAL PAIN. IN 2007, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PT UNDERWENT A COLONOSCOPY WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS, HOWEVER, LATER THAT SAME YEAR, THE DEVICE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN EXPELLED THROUGH THE RECTUM.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GORE DUALMESH PLUS BIOMATERIAL FTL / MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES WLG106

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other