Description of Event or Problem · 1
ON (B)(6) 2013, I HAD THE GYNECARE TVT SLING IMPLANTED FOR SUI IN ME EXACT SPECIFICATIONS AND CODES ARE AS FOLLOWS: IMPLANT NAME: DEVICE TVT WITH BLUE MESH - SLOG256483, INV. ITEM 34641, SERIAL NO. (B)(4), MANUFACTURER ETHICON, INC., LOT NO. 3636303, LRB N/A, NO. USED 1, ACTION IMPLANTED. SURGERY WAS UNCOMPLICATED BUT HAD TO HAVE A SLING RELEASE A MONTH LATER BECAUSE OF UNABLE TO URINATE WITHOUT A CATHETER THAT WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2013. IN (B)(6) 2012. I STARTED HAVING SEVERE PELVIC PAIN AROUND WHERE THE SLING IS LOCATED, AND ALSO SEVERE VAGINAL BLEEDING. MY UROGYNECOLOGIST IS SAYING ALL THE PAIN I AM HAVING IS DUE TO MY CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN AND THE BLEEDING ISN'T RELATED. I ALSO, RIGHT AFTER THE SURGERY, HAD MULTIPLE VAGINAL AND URINARY INFECTIONS THAT HAD TO BE TREATED WITH VERY STRONG ANTIBIOTICS. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TELL HER THAT THE SLING IS CAUSING ALL THIS PROBLEMS BUT SHE REFUSES TO BELIEVE ME AND ALSO I HAVE FOUND THAT THE SLING WAS ALSO TAKEN OFF THE MARKET IN 2011 AND OR WAS RECALLED AND SHE CLAIMS IT NOT TO BE THE PROBLEM. SHE FEELS THAT BECAUSE I HAD PAIN BEFORE THE SURGERY THAT THIS IS THE SAME; HOWEVER, THAT PAIN WAS IN ANOTHER LOCATION AND DIFFERENT. I AM ON OXYCONTIN 15MG ER EVERY 12 HOURS. BECAUSE THE PAIN IS SO BAD AND SOMETIMES THIS MEDICINE DOESN'T EVEN WORK. I HAD FAITH IN THIS DOCTOR AND I WOULD LIKE HER TO REMOVE MY SLING BECAUSE I THINK IT IS ALSO DEFECTIVE AND I NEED PROOF THAT IT IS ONE OF THE SLINGS THAT IS KNOWN TO CAUSE PROBLEMS. THE SURGERY WAS DONE IN (B)(6). MY DOCTOR IS DR (B)(6). REASON FOR USE: THE SLING WAS PUT IN FOR SUI.