FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 2860608 · Received December 6, 2012

Report

Report Number
2210968-2012-07892
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 6, 2012
Report Date
November 13, 2012
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K013718
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, TC
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT MESH WAS IMPLANTED ALONG WITH LEFT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY AND LYSIS OF PELVIC AND ABDOMINAL ADHESIONS DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE. FOLLOWING THE SURGERY THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PERFORATION OF BLADDER, PAIN, DYSPAREUNIA, RECURRENCE OF PROLAPSE, RECURRENCE OF INCONTINENCE AND BOWEL PROBLEMS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(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 FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA. THIS IS ONE OF TWO MEDWATCHES BEING SUBMITTED AS TWO DEVICES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT. SEE ALSO MEDWATCH 2210968-2012-07893. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2006 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE AND OTHER INJURIES FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. THE PATIENT HAS UNDERGONE MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON INC NA 2928844

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention