FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 3053403 · Received April 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-03687
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 11, 2013
Report Date
March 22, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
OTP
PMA / PMN Number
K071512
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). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A CONCURRENT PROCEDURE OF A RECTAL SPHINCTER REPAIR PERFORMED DURING MESH IMPLANTATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED DYSPAREUNIA, PAIN AFTER INTERCOURSE, CRAMPING, PELVIC PAIN, VAGINAL PAIN, RE ¿PROLAPSED AND HAD A FEELING OF A BULGE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2006, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXAM UNDER ANESTHESIA, LAPAROSCOPIC LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, COAGULATION OF HEMORRHAGIC CORPUS LUTEUM AND FULGURATION OF ENDOMETRIOSIS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. (B)(4).

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. THIS IS ONE OF TWO MEDWATCHES BEING SUBMITTED AS TWO DEVICES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT. SEE ALSO MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-03686. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2005 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING EROSION, FORMATION OF SCAR TISSUE, ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND NEUROLOGIC COMPROMISE TO HER STRUCTURES AND TISSUES. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
154336 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTP ETHICON, INC. NA 1345419

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention