FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 2040273 · Received April 5, 2011

Report

Report Number
2210968-2011-00382
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 5, 2011
Report Date
March 10, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON SARL A JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMPANY
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K013718
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
KS, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A PERINEORRHAPHY AND A TOTAL PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011. AT THE SIX WEEK EXAMINATION, THE PATIENT HAD DEVELOPED A BASEBALL SIZE MASS POSTERIORLY WITH PAIN WHICH ULTIMATELY DRAINED SPONTANEOUSLY. THE PATIENT WAS GIVEN CIPRO 250MG PO BID FOR 10 DAYS. THE PATIENT RETURNED ONE WEEK LATER AND SHE WAS COMPLETELY HEALED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FLUID COLLECTIONS OR ABSCESS. A VAGINAL CULTURE RETURNED WITH YEAST BUT NO BACTERIA. THE SURGEON OPINES THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A SEROMA THAT DEVELOPED UNDER THE SUTURE LINE THAT THEN DRAINED. THE SURGEON IS UNSURE IF THERE WAS A REAL ABSCESS AS THE PATIENT WAS NOT FEBRILE AT ALL.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON SARL A JOHNSON & JOHNSON COMPANY NA NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 81 YR Required Intervention