FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 2113083 · Received June 3, 2011

Report

Report Number
2210968-2011-00708
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 3, 2011
Report Date
May 10, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K13718
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
BR
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCLUSION: NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN AT THIS TIME. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN ANTERIOR PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR PROCEDURE FOR A UTERINE PROLAPSE ON (B)(6) 2010 AND AN UNKNOWN PRODUCT WAS USED. THE UNKNOWN PRODUCT USED IN THE PROCEDURE BECAME LOOSE ACCORDING TO THE REPORTER, WHO WAS THE SON OF THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SECOND PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 AND PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH WAS USED. FOLLOWING THIS PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, SWELLING, INABILITY TO WALK FAST, DIFFICULTY SITTING, AND DISCOMFORT TO SLEEP. THE PATIENT WAS EVALUATED BY THE PHYSICIAN WHO THOUGHT THERE WAS AN EXCESS OF PRODUCT IN HER BODY AND WHICH WAS CAUSING A REJECTION. THE MESH HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED. THE PATIENT IS RESTING AND TAKING ANALGESICS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON NA 3374662

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Required Intervention