FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 3042469 · Received April 9, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-03580
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 9, 2013
Report Date
March 22, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
PAH
PMA / PMN Number
K052401
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). 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): IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH A CYSTOSCOPY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). 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): THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, URETHRAL HYPERMOBILITY, AND LEAKING OF URINE. THE OUTCOMES ATTRIBUTED TO THE DEVICE WERE PAIN, RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, DYSPAREUNIA, EXPOSURE, VAGINAL DISCHARGE, AND URINARY PROBLEMS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT PARTIAL REMOVAL OF EXPOSED MESH ON (B)(6) 2012. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

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, 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
145903 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC PAH ETHICON, INC. NA 3115055

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention