FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GYNECARE TVT RETROPUBIC SYSTEM

MDR report key: 3242757 · Received July 23, 2013

Report

Report Number
2210968-2013-14153
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
July 23, 2013
Report Date
July 15, 2013
Manufacturer
ETHICON INC.
Product Code
OTN
PMA / PMN Number
K012628
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). CONCLUSION: 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 BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2005 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION PATIENT EXPERIENCED INFECTION AND URINARY/BOWEL PROBLEMS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A HYSTERECTOMY IN 2010. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2005 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING INSERTION THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN, EROSION OF INTERNAL TISSUES, AND HAS UNDERGONE ADDITIONAL SURGERIES AND REVISIONARY PROCEDURES.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2008 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED INTO THE PATIENT. IT IS ALSO 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
342642 GYNECARE TVT RETROPUBIC SYSTEM MESH, SURGICAL, SYNTHETIC, UROGYNECOLOGIC OTN ETHICON INC. UNK 1319566

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention