FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO

MDR report key: 8139599 · Received December 6, 2018

Report

Report Number
1213643-2018-04457
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 6, 2018
Date of Event
December 4, 2017
Report Date
December 6, 2018
Manufacturer
DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC.
Product Code
FTL
UDI-DI
00801741031755
PMA / PMN Number
K122436
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
RI, US
Reporter Occupation
003

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE CAUSE OF THE PATIENT'S POST-OP COMPLICATIONS CANNOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME. RECURRENCE AND ADHESIONS ARE KNOWN INHERENT RISKS OF SURGERY AND ARE LISTED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS-FOR-USE AS POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS. NO MEDICAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED. BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THIS TIME, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE. SHOULD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BE PROVIDED A SUPPLEMENTAL EMDR WILL BE SUBMITTED. NOTE: NO SAMPLE RETURNED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE FOLLOWING WAS ALLEGED BY THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY: ON (B)(6) 2014: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REPAIR OF AN INCISIONAL HERNIA. A 15.2CM X 20.3 CM VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO BARD MESH, REFERENCE NUMBER 5955680, LOT NUMBER HUYG0043 WAS IMPLANTED IN PATIENT DURING THIS REPAIR. ON (B)(6) 2016: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE. UPON ENTERING THE PATIENT'S ABDOMEN, THE DOCTOR NOTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DENSE ADHESIONS OF THE SMALL BOWEL, OMENTUM AND TRANSVERSE COLON TO THE MESH. THE DOCTOR LYSED ALL OF THE ADHESIONS FROM THE SMALL BOWEL, OMENTUM AND TRANSVERSE COLON TO THE MESH. THE DOCTOR ALSO NOTED THAT THE MESH HAD DETACHED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH HE REATTACHED WITH TACKS. ON (B)(6) 2017: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE. UPON ENTERING THE PATIENT'S ABDOMEN, THE DOCTOR NOTED DENSE ADHESIONS OF THE SMALL BOWEL, OMENTUM AND TRANSVERSE COLON TO THE MESH. THE DOCTOR LYSED ALL OF THE ADHESIONS FROM THE SMALL BOWEL, OMENTUM AND TRANSVERSE COLON TO THE MESH. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THERE WAS A RECURRENCE IN THE LEFT LATERAL ASPECT OF THE MESH, WHICH HE REPAIRED. ATTORNEY ALLEGES GENERAL ALLEGATIONS FOR PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PAIN AND SUFFERING FOR SEVERE AND PERMANENT PERSONAL INJURIES SUSTAINED BY PATIENT, PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT, MENTAL PAIN AND SUFFERING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
979163 VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO SURGICAL MESH FTL DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. NA HUYG0043 00801741031755

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention| S