FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 2982526 · Received February 28, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-01753
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 28, 2013
Report Date
February 7, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC
Product Code
OTP
PMA / PMN Number
K013718
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DC, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISION OF MESH ON (B)(4) /2009. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISION OF MESH AND AN AMS INTEPRO SLING WAS IMPLANTED.

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. THIS IS ONE OF TWO MEDWATCHES BEING SUBMITTED AS TWO DEVICES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT. SEE ALSO MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-01752. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2007 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH A HYSTERECTOMY DUE TO URETEROVAGINAL PROLAPSE. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, EXTRUSION, INFECTION, URINARY PROBLEMS, BLEEDING, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA AND VAGINAL SCARRING. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EROSION AND UNDERWENT MESH REMOVAL (B)(6) 2012. (B)(4).

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
87545 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTP ETHICON INC NA 2990052

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 38 YR Required Intervention