FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ESSURE

MDR report key: 1924856 · Received December 8, 2010

Report

Report Number
2951250-2010-00065
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 8, 2010
Date of Event
September 28, 2010
Report Date
January 19, 2017
Manufacturer
BAYER PHARMA AG
Product Code
HHS
PMA / PMN Number
P020014
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IL, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATA CORRECTION FOR US REPORTING: THE CODE KNH WAS REPLACED WITH HHS,

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT HIS PT WAS EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT PELVIC PAIN FOLLOWING AN ESSURE MICRO-INSERT PLACEMENT PROCEDURE. THE PHYSICIAN STATED HE TRIED VARIOUS PAIN MEDICATIONS WITH NO RESOLUTION OF SYMPTOMS. A HSG REVEALED THAT THERE WAS A MICRO-INSERT IN THE LEFT TUBE BUT NO INSERT IN RIGHT TUBE; PT CONTINUED TO REPORT PAIN PROBLEMS. A FULL HYSTERECTOMY WAS PERFORMED AND THE ESSURE MICRO-INSERTS WERE REMOVED. POST-OP EXAMINATION OF THE TISSUE REMOVED FROM THE PT WAS PERFORMED AND BOTH MICRO-INSERTS WERE FOUND IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBES WITH PROPER PLACEMENT; NO PERFORATION WAS OBSERVED. THE PT'S PAIN RESOLVED FOLLOWING HYSTERECTOMY AND MICRO-INSERT REMOVAL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ESSURE INSERT, TUBAL OCCLUSION HHS BAYER PHARMA AG ESS305 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention