FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 2103126 · 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