ALYTE V-MESH GRAFT
Report
- Report Number
- 1018233-2013-02436
- Event Type
- Injury
- Date Received
- June 14, 2013
- Report Date
- November 9, 2017
- Manufacturer
- C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON) -1018233
- Product Code
- OTO
- UDI-DI
- 00801741016158
- PMA / PMN Number
- K101722
- Removal / Correction Number
- NA
- Adverse Event
- Yes
- Report Source
- Manufacturer report
- Reporter Location
- TX, US
- Reporter Occupation
- ATTORNEY
- Health Professional
- N
Narratives
THE SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED. THE FINISHED PRODUCT MET ALL SPECIFICATIONS PRIOR TO BEING RELEASED FOR GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WHICH ACCOMPANIES ALL DEVICES CURRENTLY ADDRESSES POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICALLY IMPLANTED MATERIALS. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE STATES IN THE ADVERSE EVENTS: "COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPER IMPLANTATION OF THE ALYTE V-MESH GRAFT MAY INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THOSE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICALLY IMPLANTABLE MATERIALS, INCLUDING: POSTOPERATIVE HEMATOMA, SEROMA, ABSCESS OR FISTULA FORMATION, OR SCARRING WHICH MAY OCCUR FOLLOWING THE IMPLANT PROCEDURE. URINARY RETENTION, BLADDER OUTLET OBSTRUCTION AND OTHER VOIDING AND DEFECATORY DYSFUNCTIONS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH OVERCORRECTION / TOO MUCH TENSION PLACED ON THE IMPLANT. PERFORATION OR LACERATIONS OF VESSELS, NERVES, BLADDER, BOWEL, URETHRA, RECTUM, OR ANY VISCERA, WHICH MAY OCCUR DURING THE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURE. IRRITATION AT THE OPERATIVE WOUND SITE WHICH MAY ELICIT FOREIGN BODY RESPONSE THAT LEADS TO WOUND DEHISCENCE, INFLAMMATION AND/OR INFECTION. EXTRUSION THROUGH VAGINAL EPITHELIUM OR EROSION INTO SURROUNDING VISCERA AND/OR MUCOSA. INFLAMMATION, SENSITIZATION, REJECTION OF BIOLOGIC MATERIALS, PAIN, DYSPAREUNIA, SCARIFICATION, CONTRACTION, DEVICE MIGRATION AND FAILURE OF THE PROCEDURE RESULTING IN RECURRENCE OF VAGINAL WALL PROLAPSE. URINARY INCONTINENCE (STRESS AND URGE)." (B)(4).
(B)(4). THE PT'S ATTORNEY ALLEGED A DEFICIENCY AGAINST THE DEVICE. PER ADDITIONAL INFO RECEIVED, THE PT HAS EXPERIENCED HYPERTENSION, DIABETES, A LONG HISTORY OF UTEROVAGINAL PROLAPSE WITHOUT STRESS INCONTINENCE, INCISIONAL HERNIA, PELVIC ADHESIONS, COMPLETE PROCIDENTIA (COMPLETE UTEROVAGINAL PROLAPSE), RECURRENT PROLAPSE, VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE, APICAL CYSTOCELE, RECTOCELE, VOIDING DYSFUNCTION, DEFECATORY DYSFUNCTION, EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC ADHESIONS, "EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS RETROPERITONEAL MESH PLACEMENT WITH NO ATTACHMENT TO THE VAGINA OR THE SACRAL PROMONTORY," AND "WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ACTIVE URINARY TRACT INFECTION," AND THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES PELVIC EXAMINATION UNDER ANESTHESIA, EXPLORATORY LAPARATOMY, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY, APPENDECTOMY, AND PROLENE MESH ABDOMINOSACRAL COLPOPEXY AND OBLITERATION OF POSTERIOR CUL-DE-SAC, AND INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR (OPERATIVE REPORT NO INCLUDED IN RECORDS PROVIDED).
Devices
| Seq | Brand | Generic | Product Code | Manufacturer | Model | Lot | UDI-DI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 272124 | ALYTE V-MESH GRAFT | No Match | OTO | C.R. BARD, INC. (COVINGTON) -1018233 | NA | HUWJ2002 | 00801741016158 |
Patients
| Seq | Age | Sex | Outcome | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65 YR | Female | Required Intervention |