FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH

MDR report key: 2924671 · Received January 22, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-00495
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 22, 2013
Report Date
January 3, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K001122
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2009 IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE, RECTAL PROLAPSE, CYSTOCELE, AND GAPING INTROITUS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURES OF PERINEOPLASTY, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, ABDOMINAL SACROCOLPOPEXY, ENTEROCELE REPAIR, RECTOCELE REPAIR, CYSTOCELE REPAIR, AND A CYSTOSCOPY. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4) ¿PROLAPSE. THIS IS ONE OF FOUR MEDWATCHES BEING SUBMITTED. SEE ALSO MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-00496, MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-00497 AND MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-00498. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

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. THIS IS ONE OF FOUR MEDWATCHES BEING SUBMITTED. SEE ALSO MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-00496, MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-00497 AND MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-00498. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. CONCOMITANTLY, THE PATIENT HAD A PERIGEE AND MONARC HAMMOCK IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2009. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING EROSION, FORMATION OF SCAR TISSUE, ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND NEUROLOGIC COMPROMISE TO HER STRUCTURES AND TISSUES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
29600 PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC. NA NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 73 YR Required Intervention MONACR HAMMOCK