FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OBTAPE

MDR report key: 830629 · Received March 19, 2007

Report

Report Number
1645337-2007-00007
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 19, 2007
Date of Event
January 16, 2006
Report Date
March 16, 2007
Manufacturer
MENTOR
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AL, US
Reporter Occupation
ATTORNEY

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

VAGINAL EROSION, EXTRUSION, DEHISCENCE AND INFECTION ARE KNOWN 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

PT EXPERIENCED OBTAPE TRANSOBTURATOR TAPE EROSION THROUGH THE VAGINAL WALL.

Devices

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

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NO INFO Required Intervention