FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MONARC SUBFASCIAL HAMMOCK

MDR report key: 1923566 · Received December 10, 2010

Report

Report Number
2183959-2010-00453
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 10, 2010
Date of Event
December 1, 2010
Report Date
December 1, 2010
Manufacturer
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

UNABLE TO CONFIRM IF THE EVENT IS RELATED TO A DEVICE MALFUNCTION, DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS AND REASON PROMPTING THIS EVENT WAS NOT PROVIDED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADD'L INFO BECOME AVAILABLE REGARDING A REVISION SURGERY, IT WILL BE RE-EVALUATED AND A F/U REPORT SENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN (B)(6) 2008, A MONARC DEVICE WAS IMPLANTED IN A FEMALE PT TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE. THIS PT STATES, SHE INFORMED HER SURGEON SHE WAS HAVING SOME PROBLEMS AND SHE THOUGH IT MAY BE FROM THE IMPLANT. THE PT BELIEVES THE MESH WAS MALPOSITIONED, AND SHOULD BE REMOVED. PT NOW HAS EXTRUSION OF MESH THROUGH THE VAGINAL WALL AND HAS HAD ADD'L PROCEDURES TO REVISE THE MESH. THE PT STATES SHE HAS EXTENSIVE PAIN, DISFIGUREMENT, EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND LOSS OF ENJOYMENT AND BELIEVES SHE WILL NEED ADD'L PROCEDURES IN THE FUTURE TO TREAT THIS. NO FURTHER INFO IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MONARC SUBFASCIAL HAMMOCK NONE FTL AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Disability