BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

    MDR report key: 3082065 · Received April 29, 2013

    Report

    Report Number
    2210968-2013-04599
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    April 29, 2013
    Report Date
    April 11, 2013
    Manufacturer
    ETHICON, INC.
    Product Code
    OTN
    PMA / PMN Number
    K012628
    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 HAD A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS INCONTINENCE AND ELEMENTS OF URGE INCONTINENCE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, EXTRUSION, INFECTION, URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS, BLEEDING, DYSPAREUNIA AND VAGINAL SCARRING. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LYSIS OF SLING AND ANTERIOR VAGINAL EXPLORATION ON (B)(6) 2011 DUE TO INCOMPLETE BLADDER EMPTYING AND TIGHT URETHRAL VAGINAL JUNCTION POST SURGERY. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. (B)(4).

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION PATIENT EXPERIENCED DYSURIA.

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    (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. 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) 2007 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.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    183690 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTN ETHICON, INC. NA 3030237

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 52 YR Required Intervention