FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 2923830 · Received January 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-00448
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 22, 2013
Report Date
January 2, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K052401
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT SYMPTOMATIC PELVIC RELAXATION, UTERINE PROLAPSE, STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND HISTORY OF CERVICAL DYSPLASIA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURES OF A TOTAL VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, ENTEROCELE CLOSURE, TRANSVAGINAL TAPE BLADDER SUSPENSION AND CYSTOSCOPY DURING MESH IMPLANTATION.NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION PATIENT EXPERIENCED URGENCY AND FREQUENCY.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007 AND MESH WAS USED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE AND OTHER INJURIES FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
31016 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC. NA 3021848

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 44 YR Required Intervention