FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

INTERCEED (TC7) ABSORBABLE ADHESION BA

MDR report key: 1900015 · Received November 9, 2010

Report

Report Number
2210968-2010-01482
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 9, 2010
Report Date
October 9, 2010
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
MCN
PMA / PMN Number
P880047
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TW
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). (INFECTION). CONCLUSION: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADD'L INFO BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT UNDERWENT A LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY (MULTIPLE SUBSEROSAL MYOMA LARGEST 7 X 7CM) PROCEDURE ON AN UNK DATE AND ABSORBABLE ADHESION BARRIER WAS USED. TEN DAYS AFTER DISCHARGE, THE PT VISITED AN EMERGENCY ROOM WITH A COMPLAINT OF ABDOMINAL PAIN AND FEVER AND LEUKOCYTOSIS (WBC 18600/UL) AND CRP ELEVATION (116.2 MG/L). AFTER INEFFECTIVE ANTIBIOTICS TREATMENT, A DIAGNOSTIC LAPAROSCOPY WAS THEN ARRANGED (45 DAYS AFTER INITIAL LAPAROSCOPIC MYOMECTOMY) AND FOUND SEVERE PELVIC ABSCESS FORMATION AND DENSE ADHESION WITH PSEUDOCYST OF THE CUL-DE-SAC. PRIOR UTERINE WOUND COVER WITH OXIDIZED REGENERATED CELLULOSE BARRIER WAS NOW DENSE ADHESION AND NECROTIC DEBRIS. ADHESIOLYSIS AND PELVIC IRRIGATION WITH NECROTIC DEBRIS REMOVAL WERE PERFORMED AND A RETENTION DRAINAGE TUBE PLACED TRANSABDOMINALLY. POST-OPERATIVELY ANTIBIOTICS CONTINUED AND THE PT RECOVERED WELL AND WAS DISCHARGED UNEVENTFULLY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 INTERCEED (TC7) ABSORBABLE ADHESION BA BARRIER, ABSORB, ADHESION MCN ETHICON, INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 27 YR Required Intervention