FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

STRATTICE

MDR report key: 2190751 · Received August 4, 2011

Report

Report Number
1000306051-2011-00019
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
August 4, 2011
Date of Event
July 7, 2011
Report Date
August 4, 2011
Manufacturer
LIFECELL CORPORATION
Product Code
FTM
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REVIEW OF INFORMATION REPORTED TO LIFECELL. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS. REVIEW OF THE LIFECELL COMPLAINT SYSTEM FOR ANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS REPORTED TO LIFECELL AGAINST THIS LOT. REVIEW OF THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD RESULTED IN NO REMARKABLE FINDINGS, WITH NO DEVIATIONS RELATED TO THE NATURE OF THIS COMPLAINT. (B)(4). BASED ON THE INFORMATION REPORTED, THIS EVENT WAS EVALUATED AS A MALFUNCTION, MULTIPLE SUTURES PULL THROUGH- INTRA-OPERATIVE, WITH NO SERIOUS INJURY. LIFECELL WAS UNABLE TO CLEARLY DETERMINE NUMBER OF SUTURES THAT PULLED THROUGH THE DEVICE. THEREFORE, LIFECELL IS FILING THIS FDA REPORT SINCE THE EVENT MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A PROLONGATION OF THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED TO LIFECELL THAT MULTIPLE SUTURES PULL THROUGH OCCURRED DURING ABDOMINAL HERNIA REPAIR, WITH AN UNCLEAR DETERMINATION OF THE NUMBER OF SUTURES INVOLVED. THE DEVICE WAS REPAIRED WITH SIMILAR DEVICE. LIFECELL WAS INFORMED THAT PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL WITHOUT COMPLICATION AND IS FINE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 STRATTICE SURGICAL MESH FTM LIFECELL CORPORATION 1525002 S10720-157

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1