FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OBTAPE

MDR report key: 812311 · Received January 18, 2007

Report

Report Number
1645337-2007-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 18, 2007
Report Date
January 18, 2007
Manufacturer
MENTOR
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MI, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

VAGINAL EROSION, EXTRUSION, DEHISCENCE AND INFECTION ARE KNOW COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF BOTH SYNTHETIC AND ANTILOGOUS/DONOR TISSUE PUB-VAGINAL SLINGS FOR TREATMENT OF URINARY INCONTINENCE, SURGICAL TECHNIQUE VARIABLES, AND A HISTORY OF PREVIOUS OR CONCURRENT UROGYNECOLOGY SURGICAL PROCEDURES CAN AFFECT THE RATE OF THIS OCCURRENCE. IN ADDITION, PRE-EXISTING CO-MORBIDITIES THAT AFFECT HEALING SUCH AS OBESITY, HYPERTENSION, IMMUNOSUPPRESSION, DIABETES, RECURRENT VAGINAL OR URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS, AND POST-MENOPAUSAL VAGINAL MUCOSAL CHANGES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO AN INCREASED INCIDENCE OF THESE EVENTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN INFECTED TRANSOBTURATOR. THE DEVICE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OBTAPE TRANSOBTURATOR FTL MENTOR 93-4000 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 YR Required Intervention