FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 3142908 · Received June 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-06416
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 3, 2013
Report Date
May 14, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
OTN
PMA / PMN Number
K974098
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
PA, 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). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2002 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, INFECTION, URINARY PROBLEMS, ORGAN PERFORATION, CHRONIC VAGINAL DISCHARGE AND DYSPAREUNIA. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REVISION/REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2008 DUE TO DYSPAREUNIA AND MESH EROSION. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2002 AND MESH WAS PLACED INTO THE PATIENT¿S BODY. IT WAS REPORTED THAT 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
243137 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTN ETHICON, INC. NA 881523

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention