FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE
MDR report key: 2103126
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Received May 25, 2011
Report
- Report Number
- 2210968-2011-00677
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- May 25, 2011
- Report Date
- May 6, 2011
- Manufacturer
- ETHICON
- Product Code
- FTL
- PMA / PMN Number
- K033568
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- NC, US
- Reporter Occupation
- PHYSICIAN
Narratives
Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1
(B)(4). POST OPERATIVE LOWER EXTREMITY PAIN. CONCLUSION: 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 AN OBTURATOR SLING PROCEDURE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AGO. UPON WAKING FROM THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN IN HER MEDIAL AND LATERAL LEFT THIGH. WHEN THE PATIENT WAS EXAMINED FOR POINT TENDERNESS IN THE VAGINA, IT DID ELICIT SOME PAIN BOTH IN THE VAGINA AND THIGH. SINCE THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED PERSISTENT PAIN. THE PATIENT HAS REQUIRED NARCOTIC ANALGESICS.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE | MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC | FTL | ETHICON | NA | NI |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Required Intervention |