FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 2980988 · Received February 27, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-01842
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 27, 2013
Report Date
February 6, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
PAH
PMA / PMN Number
K052401
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED BLEEDING, INFECTION, AND URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS. (B)(4) ¿ URINARY PROBLEMS; BOWEL PROBLEMS.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH ENTEROCELE REPAIR, POSTERIOR RECTOCELE REPAIR AND POSTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY DUE TO RECTOCELE AND ENTEROCELE.

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. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 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
83897 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC PAH ETHICON, INC. NA 3256794

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention