FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 3020528 · Received March 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-02758
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 26, 2013
Report Date
March 6, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
OTN
PMA / PMN Number
K033568
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
VA, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT MESH WAS IMPLANTED ALONG WITH CONCURRENT RESTORELLE, AK BY COLOPLAST DUE TO PELVIC PAIN, MENOMETRORRHAGIA, STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND GENITAL PROLAPSED. FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, INFECTION, URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA, BLEEDING, EXTRUSION AND HAD TO WEAR PADS FOR LEAKAGE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2012 PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REMOVAL DUE TO VAGINAL MESH EXPOSURE, URGE INCONTINENCE, DYSPAREUNIA.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

CONCURRENT PROCEDURES: LAVH, BSO, ANTERIOR COLPORRHAPHY WITH MESH, AND PERINEORRHAPHY.

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 SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT SHE 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
124481 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTN ETHICON, INC. NA 3389788

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 47 YR Required Intervention