FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROCEED VENTRAL PATCH

MDR report key: 2120587 · Received June 10, 2011

Report

Report Number
2210968-2011-00746
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 10, 2011
Date of Event
May 18, 2011
Report Date
May 18, 2011
Manufacturer
ETHICON
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K061533
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AS
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). LIMITED TISSUE INGROWTH. CONCLUSION: THE PRODUCT UPON WHICH THIS MEDWATCH IS BASED IS ANTICIPATED. ONCE THE PRODUCT IS RECEIVED, ANY FURTHER INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE EVALUATION WILL BE SUBMITTED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). RESULTS: INCONCLUSIVE - THE EXPLANTED MESH SHOWED THE NON-RESORBABLE, LARGE PORE, MONOFILAMENT POLYPROPYLENE MESH WHICH SHOWS MINIMAL PERSISTING FOREIGN BODY REACTION WITH MINIMAL FIBROSIS. 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 OPEN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6), 2011 AND MESH WAS USED. AFTER THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A NEW HERNIA IN THE EPIGASTRIC AREA DUE TO AN ASTHMA ATTACK AND A LARGE BOUT OF COUGHING. DURING THE LAPROSCOPIC PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2011 TO FIX THE EPIGASTRIC HERNIA, THE SURGEON FOUND THAT THE MESH USED ON THE UMBILICAL HERNIA HAD LIMITED TISSUE INGROWTH AND SMALL ADHESIONS. THE SURGEON REMOVED THE MESH THAT WAS USED ON THE UMBILICAL HERNIA AND REPAIRED THAT HERNIA WITH PHYSIOMESH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROCEED VENTRAL PATCH MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON NA CA8LQRZ0

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 64 YR Required Intervention