FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROSIMA PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR KIT

MDR report key: 2991502 · Received March 6, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-02148
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 6, 2013
Report Date
February 11, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
OTP
PMA / PMN Number
K063562
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED INTO THE PATIENT. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, MESH EROSION, INFECTION, BLEEDING, VAGINAL SCARRING/SHRINKAGE AND EXPOSURE/EXTRUSION/PROTRUSION, AND SHE HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT A SYMPTOMATIC RECTOCELE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, INFECTION, URINARY PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE AND DYSPAREUNIA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MESH EROSION THROUGH THE VAGINA AND UNDERWENT MESH REVISION ON (B)(6) 2013 OF THE OBTRYX SLING SYSTEM. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO VAGINAL PROLAPSE AND RECTOCELE. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REVISION DUE TO MESH EROSION AND PELVIC PAIN ON (B)(6) 2008 AND (B)(6) 2013 RESPECTIVELY. ON (B)(6) 2011, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE OF INJECTIONS INTO THE VAGINA FOR PAIN RELIEF.

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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2011 AND MESH WAS USED. THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2007, AND A BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PRODUCT WAS IMPLANTED; HOWEVER, THIS SURGERY WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE COMPLAINT. 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
95176 PROSIMA PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR KIT MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTP ETHICON, INC. NA 06143453221

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR Required Intervention BOSTON SCIENTIFIC PRODUCT