FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

NOVASURE

MDR report key: 826517 · Received March 5, 2007

Report

Report Number
MW1042118
Event Type
Other
Date Received
March 5, 2007
Date of Event
October 20, 2006
Report Date
March 5, 2007
Manufacturer
NOVACEPT
Product Code
MNB
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
OK, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

I HAD NOVASURE ENDOMETRIAL ABLATION IN 2006. AFTERWARDS I BEGAN EXPERIENCING SEVERE PAIN AND BURNING IN MY BLADDER AS WELL AS BLADDER SPASMS AND FREQUENCY. I TOOK A COURSE OF MACRODANTIN WHICH DID NOT HELP-THINKING IT WAS A BLADDER INFECTION-. MY DOCTOR THEN PRESCRIBED KEFLEX. THIS ALSO DID NOT HELP. MY DOCTOR THEN SENT MY URINE FOR A CULTURE, WHICH CAME BACK NEGATIVE. HE THEN CONCLUDED THAT THE NOVASURE DEVICE INJURED/BURNED/IRRITATED? MY BLADDER. MY DOCTOR THEN PUT ME ON A MEDICATION CALLED URELLE. I ALSO TAKE AN OVER-THE-COUNTER URINARY TRACT PAIN RELIEVER CALLED AZO STANDARD FOR RELIEF. I STILL HAVE ABDOMINAL SWELLING AND INTERMITTENT BLADDER PAIN 4 1/2 MONTHS AFTER THE SURGERY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 NOVASURE * MNB NOVACEPT * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 40 YR Other