FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH

MDR report key: 3032561 · Received April 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-03177
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 3, 2013
Report Date
March 15, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K962530
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, RECTOCELE AND CYSTOCELE . IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.

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.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 AND 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. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, RECTOCELE AND CYSTOCELE ALONG WITH THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURE OF TOTAL VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION OF THE MESH THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED INFECTION, URINARY PROBLEMS AND DYSPAREUNIA. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2009 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
136399 PROLENE POLYPROPYLENE MESH MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC. NA XLB885

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention