FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 2861947 · Received December 7, 2012

Report

Report Number
2210968-2012-07970
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 7, 2012
Report Date
November 16, 2012
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K033568
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): IT WAS REPORTED THAT MESH WAS IMPLANTED ALONG WITH CONCURRENT HYSTERECTOMY DUE TO STRESS INCONTINENCE AND FIBROIDS. DUE TO MESH EXTRUSION, PAIN, EROSION, ORGAN PERFORATION, PATIENT UNDERWENT PARTIAL MESH REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2009. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4)

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, URINARY FREQUENCY, RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION, VAGINAL IRRITATION AND DYSPAREUNIA.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 AND AN OBTURATOR SLING 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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, URINARY FREQUENCY, RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION, VAGINAL IRRITATION AND DYSPAREUNIA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON INC NA 3157236

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 44 YR Required Intervention