FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH

MDR report key: 2972639 · Received February 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-01470
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 21, 2013
Report Date
January 31, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K962530
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2013 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SCHEDULED EXAMINATION UNDER ANESTHESIA, EXCISION OF INFECTED VAGINAL MESH, (9CM TOTAL MESH REMOVED ), POSTERIOR REPAIR, AND CYSTOURETHROSCOPY.

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). ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT UTERINE VAGINAL PROLAPSE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURES OF A TRANSVAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY AND AN ENTEROCELE/POSTERIOR REPAIR DURING MESH IMPLANTATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT POST IMPLANTATION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED VAGINAL BLEEDING, PELVIC PAIN AND MESH EROSION. 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). IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

DATE SENT TO FDA: 11/01/2016.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2001 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT SHE EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE, URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND OTHER INJURIES FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAS UNDERGONE MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
76145 PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC. NA PCE222

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 49 YR Required Intervention