FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROCEED VENTRAL PATCH

MDR report key: 1971825 · Received January 11, 2011

Report

Report Number
2210968-2011-00045
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 11, 2011
Date of Event
October 26, 2010
Report Date
December 13, 2010
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K061533
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4) - HEMATOMA OCCURRED. EVAL, CONCLUSIONS: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADD'L INFO BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MFG RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR PROCEDURE ON (B)(6)2010 AND MESH WAS PLACED. POST OPERATIVELY, THE PT REPORTS THAT "A MASSIVE HEMATOMA DEVELOPED WHICH GREW BIGGER. THE WHOLE ABDOMEN WAS FULL OF BLOOD WITH PAIN AND ABDOMINAL DISTENSION. FELT LIKE RIPPING. THE AREA WAS SWOLLEN, BRUISED, INDURATED, VERY PAINFUL." THE PT REPORTS THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET IN OR OUT OF BED WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. FIVE WEEKS AFTER SURGERY, THE AREA CONTINUES TO BE SWOLLEN, DISTENDED, TENDER, PAINFUL, INDURATED, WITH SHARP STABS OF PAIN. THE PT HAS SEEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DOCTORS AND THE PLAN IS TO OBSERVE. CURRENTLY, THE AREA IS NOT PURPLE ANYMORE, BUT THE PATIENT STILL HAS PAIN AND DISTENSION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROCEED VENTRAL PATCH MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC. NA CD8GQRZ0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Required Intervention