FDA Adverse Event
Malfunction
Summary report: N
DEKNATEL SURGICAL SUTURES, NON-ABSORBABLE, 26MM
MDR report key: 2110979
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Received April 12, 2011
Report
- Report Number
- 3004365956-2011-00134
- Event Type
- Malfunction
- Date Received
- April 12, 2011
- Date of Event
- February 21, 2011
- Report Date
- March 16, 2011
- Manufacturer
- TELEFLEX MEDICAL
- Product Code
- GAT
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Product Problem
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- FL, US
- Reporter Occupation
- NOT APPLICABLE
Narratives
Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1
EVAL: CONCLUSIONS: NO EVAL WILL BE PERFORMED. NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN DUE TO LACK OF LOT NUMBER AND LACK OF SAMPLE. IF ADDITIONAL INFO IS RECEIVED ON THIS COMPLAINT, A F/U REPORT WILL BE SENT.
Description of Event or Problem · 1
THE EVENT REPORTED AS: "PT WAS HAVING VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY, CULDOPLASTY, ANTERIOR BILATERAL SACROSPINOUS FIXATION, ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR REPAIR AND CYSTOSCOPY. USING THE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CAPIO DEVICE DURING SACROSPINOUS FIXATION PORTION, SURGEON PLACED SUTURE THROUGH THE LEFT SACROSPINOUS LIGAMENT AND PULLED ON THE SUTURE. WHILE DOING SO, THE BULLET OF THE SUTURE AVULSED. DESPITE USE OF RETRACTORS AND HEADLAMP, BULLET TIP COULD NOT BE ISOLATED. SURGEON OPTED TO LEAVE IN PLACE TO AVOID FURTHER COMPLICATION." NO PT INJURY REPORTED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEKNATEL SURGICAL SUTURES, NON-ABSORBABLE, 26MM | SURGICAL SUTURES | GAT | TELEFLEX MEDICAL | NA | UNK |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |