FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VESICA PERC STABILIZATION KIT W/PROTEGEN SLING

MDR report key: 226052 · Received June 3, 1999

Report

Report Number
6000043-1999-00061
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 3, 1999
Date of Event
March 2, 1998
Report Date
April 15, 1999
Manufacturer
MICROVASIVE UROLOGY A DIVISION OF BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP.
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
SD, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED FIVE BLADDER NECK SUSPENSION PROCEDURES UTILIZING A PROTEGEN SLING WERE PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT. SOMETIME POST PROCEDURE, FIVE PTS RETURNED WITH SEVERE PAIN AND INFECTION. TWO OUT OF FIVE PTS EXPERIENCED INABILITY TO VOID. THE SLINGS WERE REMOVED FROM ALL FIVE PTS WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THIS EVENT ARE AVAILABLE. THE DEVICES HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNED BY THE USER FACILITY. THEREFORE, NO FAILURE ANALYSIS IS AVAILABLE. DIRECTIONS FOR USE OUTLINE AS POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS: "INFECTION IS A POTENTIAL COMPLICATION OF ANY SURGICAL PROCEDURE. ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE MUST BE ADHERED TO THROUGHOUT THE PROCEDURE. LOSS OF SUTURE SUPPORT MAY PRODUCE DEHISCENCE AT THE IMPLANT WOUND SITE...LOSS OF FIXATION AND/OR VISUALIZATION OF IMPLANTED GRAFT MATERIALS. URINARY RETENTION OR TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT LOWER URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION MAY RESULT FROM OVER CORRECTION INDUCED DURING A URETHRAL SLING PROCEDURE." 6000043-1999-00058, 6000043-1999-00062, 6000043-1999-00063, 6000043-1999-00064.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 VESICA PERC STABILIZATION KIT W/PROTEGEN SLING PERC STABILIZATION KIT FTL MICROVASIVE UROLOGY A DIVISION OF BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN