FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 2032702 · Received March 17, 2011

Report

Report Number
2210968-2011-00287
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 17, 2011
Date of Event
November 16, 2010
Report Date
February 14, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K033568
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): CONCLUSION: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFO BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PT UNDERWENT AN OBTURATOR SLING PROCEDURE, LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY, AND BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY WITH POSTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY ON (B)(6) 2010. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PT EXPERIENCED PURULENT DISCHARGE AND HAD AN OPEN SLING INCISION. ON (B)(6) 2011, A HARD PLASTIC PIECE WAS PALPATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE TAPE WAS CUT AT THE MIDLINE AND THE SHEATH REMNANT WAS REMOVED VAGINALLY IN THE OFFICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 55 YR Required Intervention