FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN

MDR report key: 2163529 · Received July 8, 2011

Report

Report Number
MW5021298
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 8, 2011
Date of Event
August 7, 2003
Report Date
July 8, 2011
Manufacturer
UNK
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DUE TO (B)(6), HAD SURGERY TO PUT IN A "BLADDER SLING" / TRANSVAGINAL MESH ON (B)(6), 2003. THE MESH CAME THROUGH THE VAGINAL WALL REQUIRING SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2003. THE MESH CAME THROUGH THE VAGINAL WALL A SECOND TIME REQUIRING SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2004 (REMOVAL). ANOTHER SURGERY IN (B)(6) 2004 TO SEE IF ANY MESH COULD BE FOUND. HAVE BEEN IN CONSTANT CHRONIC PAIN SINCE BLADDER SLING PUT IN. MANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS, QUALITY OF LIFE IS POOR. WAS NOT AWARE (UNTIL RECENTLY) THAT THERE WERE MANY WOMEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THIS MESH PRODUCT. ALL THESE YEARS, I HAVE THOUGHT THAT MY BODY REJECTED THE MESH AND I WAS ALONE WITH THESE PROBLEMS. WOULD HAVE REPORTED THIS YEARS AGO, HOWEVER, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE FDA WARNINGS AND OTHER WOMEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THEIR MEDICAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THIS MESH. BRAND NAME: INFO NOT FOUND IN MEDICAL RECORDS. MFR NAME: INFO NOT IN MEDICAL RECORDS OBTAINED FROM DOCTOR - AWAITING HOSPITAL RECORDS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 UNKNOWN TVT, TRANSVAGINAL TAPE, BLADDER SLING, TVT MESH FTL UNK UNK UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR Required Intervention| S