FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GYNECARE TVT RETROPUBIC SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3223504 · Received July 12, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-12984
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 12, 2013
Report Date
July 2, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC.
Product Code
OTN
PMA / PMN Number
K012628
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION, EXTRUSION, INFECTION, URINARY PROBLEMS, RECURRENCE, DYSPAREUNIA, AND VAGINAL SCARRING.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

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

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2005 AND MESH WERE IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT SHE 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
321756 GYNECARE TVT RETROPUBIC SYSTEM MESH, SURGICAL, SYNTHETIC, UROGYNECOLOGIC OTN ETHICON INC. 1265960

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention