FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 2972903 · Received February 21, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-01559
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 21, 2013
Report Date
January 29, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
OTN
PMA / PMN Number
K033568
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, 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

CORRECTED NARRATIVE: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE ON (B)(6) 2004 AND A SLING WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION OF THE MESH, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE, URINARY PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA, NEUROMUSCULAR PROBLEMS AND OTHER INJURIES. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAS UNDERGONE MULTIPLE SURGERIES AND A MESH REVISION ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. (B)(4) ¿URINARY PROBLEMS; UNDEFINED RECURRENCE; DYSPAREUNIA.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2004 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED. ON (B)(6) 2008 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO SUI. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2004 AND A SLING WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE 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
75743 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTN ETHICON, INC. NA 1209305

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention