FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 3033092 · Received April 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-03354
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 3, 2013
Report Date
March 15, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
OTN
PMA / PMN Number
K132054
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

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).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE. FOLLOWING INSERTION, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA, AND VAGINAL SCARRING. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2012 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. 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) 2012 AND MESH 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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2012 BY DR. (B)(6). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC PARAVAGINAL REPAIR, LAPAROSCOPIC BURCH URETHROPEXY, CYSTOSCOPY, AND RIGHT SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2012.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
136341 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTN ETHICON, INC. NA 3589106

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 54 YR Required Intervention