Description of Event or Problem · 1
THIS SPONTANEOUS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A LAWYER AND DESCRIBES THE OCCURRENCE OF MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL ("I GO (B)(6) FOR MY HYSTO") IN A FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAD ESSURE INSERTED. THE PATIENT'S FAMILY HISTORY INCLUDED OVARIAN CANCER, BREAST CANCER AND UTERINE CANCER. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT HAD ESSURE INSERTED. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL (SERIOUSNESS CRITERIA MEDICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND INTERVENTION REQUIRED). THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH SURGERY (HYSTERECTOMY). AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THE REPORTER CONSIDERED MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL TO BE RELATED TO ESSURE. ¿CONCERNING THE INJURIES REPORTED IN THIS CASE, THE FOLLOWING ONE/ONES WERE DESCRIBED IN PATIENT¿S MEDICAL RECORDS: MEDICAL DEVICE REMOVAL" INCIDENT NO LOT NUMBER OR SAMPLE AVAILABLE FOR INVESTIGATION. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT A DEVICE RELATED DEFECT OR MALFUNCTION CAUSED A DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE IT WILL BE PROVIDED ON A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT.