FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PHYSIOMESH

MDR report key: 2021298 · Received March 7, 2011

Report

Report Number
2210968-2011-00238
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 7, 2011
Date of Event
November 24, 2010
Report Date
February 8, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K093932
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4) - CONCLUSION: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT UNDERWENT A LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2010 AND MESH WAS USED. CONCOMITANTLY, THE PT UNDERWENT A LAPAROSCOPIC EXCISION OF AN ABDOMINAL MASS FROM AN INCARCERATED OMENTUM. POST-OPERATIVELY, THE PT DEVELOPED A SEROMA, A HEMATOMA AND LOW HEMOGLOBIN. THE SEROMA AND THE HEMATOMA REC'D NO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND RESOLVED ON THEIR OWN. THE PT'S HEMOGLOBIN WAS 6.6 ON (B)(6) 2010 AND 2 UNITS OF PACKED RED BLOOD CELLS WERE GIVEN. THE PT RESPONDED VERY APPROPRIATELY AND THE HEMOGLOBIN WAS 9.2 POST TRANSFUSION. THE PT WAS GIVEN LOVENOX 40 MG PRE-OPERATIVELY FOR DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS ON (B)(6) 2010. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PT STARTED LOVENOX 30 MG TWICE DAILY AND IT WAS STOPPED ON (B)(6) 2010 SECONDARY TO THE DROP IN HEMOGLOBIN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PHYSIOMESH MESH, SURGICAL FTL ETHICON, INC. NA CJ9JMSZ0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 70 YR Required Intervention