FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC

MDR report key: 2061784 · Received April 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
MW5020286
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 13, 2011
Date of Event
February 21, 2011
Report Date
April 13, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC
Product Code
FTL
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ACCORDING TO THE OPERATIVE REPORT, "THE MESH, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PLACED, WAS SEEN TO HAVE PULLED AWAY FROM THE ATTACHMENTS IN THE LEFT LATERAL SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR AREAS AND A PORTION OF THE FASCIAL FIXATION HAD TORN THROUGH THE MESH." NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE PT. SURGEON: DR. (B)(6).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC PHYSIOMESH FTL ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC CJ9CWDZO

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR