FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AVAULTA PLUS SYNTHETIC SUPPORT SYSTEM

MDR report key: 1971472 · Received January 21, 2011

Report

Report Number
1018233-2011-00002
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 21, 2011
Report Date
November 9, 2015
Manufacturer
C.R. BARD, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K083839
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SC, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE
Health Professional
N

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WHICH ACCOMPANIES EACH DEVICE STATES IN THE ADVERSE REACTIONS SECTION: "POTENTIAL ADVERSE REACTIONS ARE THOSE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICALLY IMPLANTABLE MATERIALS, INCLUDING HEMATOMA, SEROMA, MUCOSAL OR VISCERAL EROSION, INFECTION, INFLAMMATION, SENSITIZATION, DYSPAREUNIA, SCARIFICATION AND CONTRACTION, FISTULA FORMATION, EXTRUSION AND RECURRENCE OF VAGINAL WALL PROLAPSE. PERFORATIONS OR LACERATIONS OF VESSELS, NERVES, BLADDER, BOWEL, RECTUM, OR ANY VISCERA MAY OCCUR DURING NEEDLE PASSAGE." THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE STATES UNDER PRECAUTIONS: "THE MESH SHOULD ONLY BE USED BY PHYSICIANS WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE SURGICAL PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES REQUIRED FOR PELVIC FLOOR RECONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPLANTATION OF NONABSORBABLE MESHES." (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY THAT AS A RESULT OF HAVING THE PRODUCT IMPLANTED IN HER, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING, HAS SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURY, AND PERMANENT AND SUBSTANTIAL PHYSICAL DEFORMITY, HAS UNDERGONE OR WILL UNDERGO CORRECTIVE SURGERY OR SURGERIES, AND HAS ENDURED IMPAIRED PHYSICAL RELATIONS WITH HER HUSBAND.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AVAULTA PLUS SYNTHETIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FTL C.R. BARD, INC. NA CVRH0021

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 58 YR Female Required Intervention AVAULTA PLUS POSTERIOR SYNTHETIC SUPPORT SYSTEM