TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE
Report
- Report Number
- 2210968-2012-05546
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- September 21, 2012
- Report Date
- August 29, 2012
- Manufacturer
- ETHICON, INC.
- Product Code
- FTL
- PMA / PMN Number
- K033568
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- NY, US
- Reporter Occupation
- ATTORNEY
Narratives
(B)(4). ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE, PELVIC PAIN, AND RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT PAIN. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURES OF LAPAROSCOPY, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, DRAINAGE AND EXCISION OF LEFT OVARIAN CYST, DISSECTION OF ENTRAPPED RIGHT OVARY, AND CYSTOSCOPY WITH HYDRODISTENTION OF THE BLADDER FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS. THE POST OP DIAGNOSIS WAS DENSE FIBROTIC PELVIC ADHESIONS AROUND RIGHT OVARY, MULTIPLE BOWEL EPIPLOIC ADHESIONS TO VAGINAL CUFF AND LEFT OVARY, LEFT OVARY WITH LEFT DENSE ADHESIONS AND 4CM SIMPLE CYST, HYPER PETECHIAL REACTION TO HYDRODISTENSION OF THE BLADDER INDICATIVE OF INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS, AND POSSIBLE ENDOMETRIOSIS OF THE POSTERIOR CUL DE SAC. HEPATIC ADHESIONS ARE SOMETIMES SEEN WITH FITZ-HUGH-CURTIS SYNDROME. (B)(4) - CYST; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FITZ-HUGH-CURTIS SYNDROME.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT SLING IMPLANTATION TO TREAT PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE. POST IMPLANTATION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED ABDOMINAL PAIN, DYSPAREUNIA AND URINARY INCONTINENCE. (B)(4).
(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, CYSTOCELE, AND CYSTITIS. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, URINARY PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE, AND DYSPAREUNIA. (B)(4).
DATE SENT TO FDA: 5/11/2016. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: AGE AT TIME OF EVENT, DATE OF BIRTH.
DATE SENT TO THE FDA: (B)(4) 2012. (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 (B)(4) RELEASE CRITERIA.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011 AND MESH WAS USED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING EROSION, FORMATION OF SCAR TISSUE, ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND NEUROLOGIC COMPROMISE TO HER STRUCTURES AND TISSUES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE | MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC | FTL | ETHICON, INC. | NA | 3521147 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 39 YR | Required Intervention |