FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 3020767 · Received March 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-02769
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
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2007 IN ORDER TO TREAT ABNORMAL MENSTRUAL BLEEDING, LEFT OVARIAN CYST, AND HYPERMOBILITY OF URETHRA CONCURRENTLY WITH SLING OPERATION, ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION THERMAL, LAPAROSCOPY, AND DILATION AND CURETTAGE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED HEMATURIA, MIXED URINARY INCONTINENCE AND RETENTION. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND LEAKING. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REVISION/REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2007 DUE TO EROSION.

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) 2007 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED INTO THE PATIENT. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL BODILY TISSUE AND OTHER INJURIES, AND SHE HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
123617 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTN ETHICON, INC. NA 2963392

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 45 YR Required Intervention