FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO

MDR report key: 8139720 · Received December 6, 2018

Report

Report Number
1213643-2018-04459
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 6, 2018
Date of Event
April 27, 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 AND A SAMPLE WAS NOT RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. BASED ON THE LIMITED INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THIS TIME, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE. THIS EMDR REPRESENTS THE BARD/DAVOL VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO (DEVICE #1). THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY DID NOT MAKE ANY ALLEGATIONS REGARDING THE IMPLANTED BARD/DAVOL VENTRALX ST W/ECHO DEVICE. 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: (B)(6) 2014: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REPAIR OF AN INCISIONAL HERNIA. A BARD/DAVOL VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO MESH, REFERENCE NUMBER: 5955680, LOT NUMBER: HUYF1390 (DEVICE #1) WAS IMPLANTED IN PATIENT DURING THIS REPAIR. (B)(6) 2016: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REPAIR OF A RECURRENT INCISIONAL HERNIA. A ROUND BARD/DAVOL VENTRALEX ST W/ECHO MESH, REFERENCE NUMBER: 5950008, LOT NUMBER: HUAS0521 WAS IMPLANTED IN PATIENT DURING THIS REPAIR. (B)(6) 2017: THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE. UPON ENTERING THE PATIENT ABDOMEN, THE DOCTOR NOTED AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF ADHESIONS AT THE SITE OF THE PREVIOUS MESH PLACEMENT, WHICH ADHESIONS WERE PAINSTAKINGLY LYSED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ADHESIONS WERE LYSED FROM THE HERNIA DEFECT PROXIMAL TO THE PREVIOUS LOWER MESH AND THE DEFECT WAS REPAIRED. THE ST BARD MESH (VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO) WAS REMOVED. PRIOR TO AND AFTER THESE PROCEDURES, PATIENT SUFFERED SEVERE AND DEBILITATING PAIN. AS ALLEGED, THE PATIENT WAS CAUSED TO SUFFER SEVERE PERSONAL INJURIES, PAIN AND SUFFERING, AND OTHER DAMAGES. AS REPORTED, THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY IS ONLY MAKING A CLAIM AGAINST THE BARD/DAVOL VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO MESH.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
978875 VENTRALIGHT ST W/ECHO SURGICAL MESH FTL DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. NA HUYF1390 00801741031755

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention| S