Description of Event or Problem · 1
IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH AN ADVANTAGE TRANSVAGINAL MID-URETHRAL SLING SYSTEM DURING A PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), 2007. ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, POST-PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED COMPLICATIONS (SPECIFICS UNKNOWN). ACCORDING TO THE PHYSICIAN, THE PATIENT HAD CONTINUED SUI FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. THE PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE PATIENT IS "SEMI OVER WEIGHT AND A HEAVY SMOKER WITH A CHRONIC COUGH" AND THIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO HER SUI SENSATION. IN 2008, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SECOND PROCEDURE. SHE HAD NO COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING THIS PROCEDURE BUT STILL FELT SUI-LIKE SYMPTOMS. THE PHYSICIAN AGAIN PROPOSED THAT THE SYMPTOMS MAY BE DUE TO THE PATIENT'S SMOKING HABITS. ALL OTHER INFORMATION IS UNKNOWN. SHOULD ADDITIONAL RELEVANT DETAILS BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.