FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MESH

MDR report key: 4192817 · Received October 16, 2014

Report

Report Number
MW5038699
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
October 16, 2014
Date of Event
February 20, 2013
Report Date
October 16, 2014
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

I HAD A LUMP IN MY LOWER ABDOMEN WITH LOTS OF PAIN. I HAD IT LOOKED AT BY A DOCTOR WHO SENT ME TO HAVE AN ULTRASOUND AND MRI. HE STATED THAT I HAD A PROTRUDING HERNIA AND IT WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED. WE SCHEDULED SURGERY AND WHEN THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED, HE SAID HE COULD NOT FIND THE HERNIA OR THE WHOLE IN MY STOMACH MUSCLE. HE SAID HE DID PUT IN A MESH JUST IN CASE. NOW I HAVE A CONTINUOUS PAIN AND SORENESS WHERE HE IMPLANTED THE MESH. THE AREA THERE FEELS LIKE THE MESH HAS HARDENED AND I CAN NOT BEND FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING TO LEAN TO THE SIDE. I HAVE REQUESTED MY MEDICAL RECORDS TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF MESH WAS PUT IN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
658910 MESH MESH FTL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 43 YR