FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 2970200 · Received February 20, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-01471
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 20, 2013
Report Date
February 1, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC
Product Code
OTP
PMA / PMN Number
K013718
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, 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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT BLADDER, RECTAL, AND VAGINAL PROLAPSE, A GRADE 3 ENTEROCELE, A GRADE 2 RECTOCELE, A GRADE 2 CYSTOCELE AND A GRADE 1 VAGINAL PROLAPSE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURES OF AN ANTERIOR/POSTERIOR REPAIR, MESH INSERTION X 2, AND ENTEROCELE REPAIR DURING MESH IMPLANTATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, EXTRUSION, INFECTION, URINARY PROBLEMS AND DYSPAREUNIA. (B)(4). THIS IS ONE OF TWO MEDWATCHES BEING SUBMITTED AS TWO DEVICES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT. SEE ALSO MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-15064. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE AND OTHER INJURIES. THE PATIENT HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
73036 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTP ETHICON INC NA NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Required Intervention