FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR

MDR report key: 3162256 · Received June 11, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-06953
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 11, 2013
Report Date
May 23, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON, INC.
Product Code
OTP
PMA / PMN Number
K071512
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).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 2210968-2013-06954. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISION OF EXPOSED VAGINAL MESH ON (B)(6) 2013.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE CONCURRENT PROCEDURE OF CYSTOSCOPY WITH BLADDER BIOPSY AND FULGURATION DURING MESH IMPLANTATION.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE (B)(6) 2009 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISION OF EXPOSED VAGINAL MESH ON (B)(6) 2013. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS; UNDEFINED RECURRENCE; DYSPAREUNIA. ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE: IT WAS REPORTED THAT MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, CYSTOCELE, AND RECTOCELE. FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, EXTRUSION, BLEEDING, INFECTION, URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA, VAGINAL SCARRING AND FISTULAE. ON (B)(6) 2012, IT WAS REPORTED THAT EXCISION OF VAGINAL MESH EXPOSURE WAS PERFORMED DUE TO MESH EXPOSURE OF ANTERIOR VAGINAL WALL. ON (B)(6) 2013, IT WAS REPORTED THAT EXCISION OF MESH EXPOSURE IN VAGINA, CYSTOSCOPY WAS PERFORMED BY. 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) 2009 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED INTO THE PATIENT. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF HER INTERNAL TISSUES, 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
262098 PROLIFT PELVIC FLOOR REPAIR MESH, SURGICAL, POLYMERIC OTP ETHICON, INC. NA 3233144

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 YR Required Intervention