FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GYNECARE TVT-AA ABDOMINAL

MDR report key: 3232686 · Received July 18, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-13586
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 18, 2013
Report Date
July 1, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC.
Product Code
OTN
PMA / PMN Number
K012628
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NJ, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ALONG WITH CONCURRENT CYSTOCELE REPAIR, RECTOCELE REPAIR, ENTEROCELE REPAIR AND VAGINAL CUFF PROLAPSED AND CYSTOSCOPY DUE TO STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE, CYSTOCELE, RECTOCELE, ENTEROCELE AND VAGINAL CUFF PROLAPSE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, DISCOMFORT, PAIN DURING INTERCOURSE AND PRESSURE IN PELVIC AREA. IN 2011, PATIENT FELT BLADDER DROPPING AND PAIN IN PELVIC AREA PER PLAINTIFF FACT SHEET.

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.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2005 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED INTO THE PATIENT. IT IS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF INTERNAL TISSUES, AND 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
335832 GYNECARE TVT-AA ABDOMINAL MESH, SURGICAL, SYNTHETIC, UROGYNECOLOGIC OTN ETHICON INC. UNK 1217149

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention