FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SPARC SLING SYSTEM

MDR report key: 2770356 · Received October 1, 2012

Report

Report Number
2183959-2012-02811
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 1, 2012
Report Date
September 18, 2012
Manufacturer
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TW
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SHOULD ADD'L INFO BECOME AVAILABLE REGARDING THIS EVENT, IT WILL BE RE-EVALUATED AND A F/U REPORT WILL BE SENT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY THE JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN SOCIETY OF UROLOGY THAT A PT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A SPARC SLING IN/AROUND 2010 TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE PT EXPERIENCED SEVERAL EPISODES OF URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS STARTING ONE WEEK AFTER SURGERY. PT EXPERIENCED VOIDING URETHRAL PAIN, FREQUENCY, AND HEMATURIA. THE PT UNDERWENT A CYSTOSCOPY WHICH REVEALED THE MISPLACEMENT MESH WITH STONE ENCRUSTATION, WHICH WAS REMOVED BY THULIUM LASER.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SPARC SLING SYSTEM SURGICAL MESH FTL AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Hospitalization| R| S