FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH

MDR report key: 2980243 · Received February 27, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-01816
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 27, 2013
Report Date
February 5, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K962530
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

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

(B)(4): 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

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, INFECTION, URINARY PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA AND VAGINAL SCARRING. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2007, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF EXTENSIVE POSTERIOR VAGINAL WALL MESH DUE TO RECURRENT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, DYSPAREUNIA, EXPOSED MESH, RECURRENT CYSTOCELE. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT CYSTOCELE, RECTOCELE AND URETHRAL STENOSIS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURES OF ABDONIMOVAGINAL VESICAL NECK SUSPENSION WITH ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR REPAIR PERFORMED DURING MESH IMPLANTATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE AND OTHER INJURIES FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE. 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
84570 PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC NA ZCP69

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention