TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE
Report
- Report Number
- 2210968-2013-00150
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- January 7, 2013
- Report Date
- December 10, 2012
- Manufacturer
- ETHICON, INC.
- Product Code
- OTN
- PMA / PMN Number
- K033568
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- NJ, US
- Reporter Occupation
- ATTORNEY
Narratives
(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 2210968-2012-03401. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.
DATE SENT TO THE FDA: 09/22/2015. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011 AND MESH AND A SLING WERE IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH SURGICAL PROCEDURES LAVH/BSO, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, SACROCOLPOPEXY, MCCALL¿S CULDOPLASTY, ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY AND CYSTOURETHROSCOPY; DUE TO UTEROVAGINAL PROLAPSE. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, INFECTION, BLEEDING, VAGINAL SCARRING/SHRINKAGE AND EXPOSURE/EXTRUSION/PROTRUSION, AND HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. IT ALSO WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 AND AN UNKNOWN BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PRODUCT WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT DUE TO PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE, CYSTOCELE, RECTOCELE AND PARAVAGINAL DEFECT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2012 AS WELL. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011 AND AN OBTURATOR SLING WAS IMPLANTED. CONCOMITANTLY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY AND BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, SACROCOLPOPEXY, MCCALL'S CULDOPLASTY, ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY AND CYSTOURETHROSCOPY. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, INFECTION, BLEEDING, VAGINAL SCARRING/SHRINKAGE AND EXPOSURE/EXTRUSION/PROTRUSION, AND HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. DUE TO PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE, CYSTOCELE, RECTOCELE AND PARAVAGINAL DEFECT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2012. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7835 | TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE | MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC | OTN | ETHICON, INC. | NA | 3512145 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 YR | Required Intervention |