FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 3053411 · Received April 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-03726
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). 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 2210968-2013-03723. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH SACROSPINOUS, COLPOPEXY, AND REPAIR OF RECTOCELE, DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE, UTERINE PROLAPSE, RECTOCELE, AND WEAK RECTOVAGINAL TISSUE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH CYSTOURETHROSCOPY, DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND INTRINSIC SPHINCTER INSUFFICIENCY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PRESSURE IN VAGINAL AREA, CAN HARDLY SIT OR STAND WHEN HAVING PRESSURE, RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, VAGINAL BLEEDING, WORSENING STRESS INCONTINENCE, CONSTANT LEAKAGE, SEVERE MESH EROSION, VAGINAL ATROPHY, YEAST INFECTIONS, UNABLE TO CONTROL URINE, VAGINAL EROSION, PERSISTENT PELVIC PAIN, NOCTURIA, INCREASING FREQUENCY, PELVIC PAIN, PRESSURE IN VAGINAL AREA. (B)(4).

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

IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND INTRINSIC SPHINCTER INSUFFICIENCY. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 AND (B)(6) 2008 AND MESH AND DIMA NEEDLELESS WERE IMPLANTED. THE DATES OF SPECIFIC PRODUCT WERE NOT CLARIFIED. 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
155903 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTP ETHICON, INC. NA 3099043

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention