FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GYNECARE GYNEMESH* PS

MDR report key: 3190393 · Received June 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-11215
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 26, 2013
Report Date
June 13, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC.
Product Code
OTO
PMA / PMN Number
UNKNOWN
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(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).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4): 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 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ALONG WITH CONCURRENT TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY, BILATERAL SALPINGECTOMY DUE TO UTERINE PROLAPSE, CERVICAL HYPERTROPHY AND TRACTION ENTEROCELE. 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 BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2006 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT EXCISION OF VAGINAL GRAFT WITH MOBILIZATION OF THE VAGINAL WALL AND LEFT SACROSPINOUS LIGAMENT SUSPENSION AND REPAIR OF A VAGINAL DEFECT WITH XENOGRAFT ON (B)(6) 2012 DUE TO PELVIC PAIN WITH VAGINAL MESH FOREIGN BODY EROSION AND POSTERIOR VAGINAL VAULT PROLAPSE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2006 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
289781 GYNECARE GYNEMESH* PS MESH, SURGICAL, SYNTHETIC, UROGYNECOLOGIC OTO ETHICON INC. UNK UPP597

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention