FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

MESH

MDR report key: 3983415 · Received August 4, 2014

Report

Report Number
MW5037608
Event Type
Other
Date Received
August 4, 2014
Date of Event
May 1, 2005
Report Date
August 4, 2014
Product Code
FTL
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CALLER REPORTS UNDERGOING A TRIPLE HERNIA REPAIR IN (B)(6) 2005. POST-SURGERY CALLER STATES SHE WENT TO A NURSING HOME AND DRAINAGE WAS FOUND FROM HER TUBING. CALLER STATES HER STITCHES WERE REMOVED AND SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A STAPH INFECTION. IN 2009 CALLER STATES THAT AN ABSCESS WAS LOCATED IN HER LOWER ABDOMEN. CALLER REPORTS SHE WAS ADVISED THAT THE MESH WAS TO BE REMOVED BUT SHE DECLINED THE OPERATION AND IS CURRENTLY GETTING THE ABSCESS TREATED WITH BIWEEKLY CAUTERIZATIONS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
455334 MESH ABDOMINAL MESH FTL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 76 YR