FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE

MDR report key: 3161840 · Received June 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-06965
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 11, 2013
Report Date
May 22, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
FTL
PMA / PMN Number
K012628
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MS, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE OBTAINED, A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2003 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO GENUINE STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE AND PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE. THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, BLEEDING, AND VAGINAL SCARRING. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REMOVAL IN 2004. ALSO, THE PATIENT HAD A HYSTERECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2009. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. (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

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED CONCURRENTLY WITH POSTERIOR REPAIR, POSTERIOR COLPHORRHAPHY AND CYSTOSCOPY; DUE TO SUI AND POP.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2003 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
262093 TENSION FREE VAGINAL TAPE MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC FTL ETHICON, INC. NA 1092431

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 35 YR Required Intervention