FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OBTAPE SLING

MDR report key: 949012 · Received November 13, 2007

Report

Report Number
1645337-2007-00021
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 13, 2007
Report Date
November 12, 2007
Manufacturer
MENTOR
Product Code
FTL
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

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

THE PATIENT HAD AN OBTAPE SLING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED EROSION OF INTERNAL BODILY TISSUES AND VAGINAL WALLS.

Devices

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

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 YR Required Intervention