TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE
Report
- Report Number
- 2210968-2013-06685
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 6, 2013
- Report Date
- May 16, 2013
- Manufacturer
- ETHICON, INC.
- Product Code
- OTN
- PMA / PMN Number
- K012628
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- WA, US
- Reporter Occupation
- ATTORNEY
Narratives
(B)(4): IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY.
(B)94). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH LAVH; DUE TO SUI WITH INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFICIENCY AND PREVIOUS ECTOPIC PREGNANCY WITH KNOWN ABDOMINAL ADHESIONS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT SUBURETHRAL DISSECTION, RELEASE OF SCAR TISSUE, URETHRAL DILATION AND CYSTOSCOPY ON (B)(6) 2010 DUE TO RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND URINARY URGE. (B)(4).
(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT RESECTION OF THE MESH ON (B)(6) 2010 DUE TO URINARY RETENTION. IT WAS ALSO REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RESECTION OF MESH ON (B)(6) 2011 DUE TO EROSION.
(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT BURCH COLSUSPENSION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2011.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2010 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURES OF LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH LYSIS OF ADHESIONS DURING MESH IMPLANTATION. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MESH EROSION, PAIN, INFECTION, DYSPAREUNIA AND OTHER INJURIES FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, AND HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES, INCLUDING REPAIR SURGERIES ON (B)(6) 2010 AND (B)(6) 2010. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA.
(B)(4). SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.
(B)(4): THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH IMPLANTATION IN ORDER TO TREAT STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, INTRINSIC SPHINCTER DEFICIENCY.
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2010 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LAPAROSCOPIC ASSISTED VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY WITH LYSIS OF ADHESIONS AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED MESH EROSION, PAIN, INFECTION, DYSPAREUNIA AND OTHER INJURIES FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, AND HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES, INCLUDING REPAIR SURGERIES ON (B)(6) 2010. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 250018 | TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE | MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC | OTN | ETHICON, INC. | NA | 3370791 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 49 YR | Required Intervention |