FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 3000321 · Received March 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-02375
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 12, 2013
Report Date
February 20, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC.
Product Code
PAH
PMA / PMN Number
K052401
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MO, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO URINARY STRESS INCONTINENCE. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, EXTRUSION, INFECTION, URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS, ORGAN PERFORATION, BLEEDING, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA, AND VAGINAL SCARRING. ON (B)(6) 2012, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED STRESS INCONTINENCE AND HAD EXCISION OF MESH CONCURRENTLY WITH IMPLANTATION OF CALDERA DESARA AND HYSTERECTOMY. (B)(4) ¿ URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS; UNDEFINED RECURRENCE.

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) 2008 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
103389 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC PAH ETHICON INC. NA 3051645

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention