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| Catalog Number |
5959124 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Patient-Device Incompatibility (2682)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Adhesion(s) (1695); Hernia (2240)
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| Date of Event |
04/24/2015
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Event or Problem Description
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Per information provided: (b)(6) 2012: patient was diagnosed with ventral hernia thereby underwent open repair with implant of sepramesh ip (device 1).Per op notes, ¿the hernia sac was identified and dissected away from surrounding tissues.The herniated contents were peritoneal fat was dissected away and removed.All the adhesions were cleared.A sepramesh ip (device 1) was trimmed and placed in the defect and sewn using sutures.¿ (b)(6) 2012: patient was diagnosed with recurrent incisional hernia thereby underwent laparoscopic repair with implant of sepramesh ip (device 2).Per op notes, ¿the fascial defects in the middle of the abdomen above and below the previous repair.The previous mesh was intact.Several adhesions of the omentum to abdominal wall were lysed.The multiple defects were noted and reduced.A sepramesh ip (device 2) was trimmed and placed to cover all the defects and secured using sutures.The mesh was tacked using fixation device.¿ (b)(6): patient was diagnosed with recurrent multiple incisional or ventral hernias thereby underwent laparoscopic repair with excision of sepramesh ip (device 1 and 2) and implant of sepramesh ip (device 3 and 4).Per op notes, ¿two moderate hernia defects around the periumbilical region of prior repair were noted.There was omentum adherent to the abdominal wall and prior mesh (device 1 and 2) were taken down.The inferior corners of the prior mesh (device 1 and 2) were pulled away and come loose were excised.Two sepramesh ip (device 3 and 4) were trimmed and placed in the defects with sutures.The meshes were secured with permafix fixation device.¿ (b)(6) 2015: patient was diagnosed with recurrent incisional ventral hernia thereby underwent open repair with excision of sepramesh ip (device 3 and 4) and implant of bard soft mesh (device 5).Per op notes, ¿a large ventral hernia sac was identified and dissected free from surrounding tissues.There were multiple layers of mesh (device 3 and 4) in the midline were excised.Adhesiolysis was performed.The hernia sac was removed.Component separation was performed.A bard soft mesh (device 5) was placed and onlay and tacked using staples.The excess skin was excised.¿ (b)(6) 2015: patient was diagnosed with recurrent multiple incisional ventral hernias thereby underwent open repair with excision of bard soft mesh (device 5) and implant of ventralight st (device 6 and 7), bard soft mesh (device 8).Per op notes, ¿previous incision was opened.The prior mesh (device 5) was separated off from the abdominal wall.The previous mesh (device 5) was removed.The hernia defect with small bowel were reduced.Lysis od adhesions were performed.Two ventralight st (device 6 and 7) were placed to cover the entire defect and secured using sutures.A bard soft mesh (device 8) was placed as an onlay and tacked with stapler.¿.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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Root cause is inconclusive; no conclusion can be made as to the extent to which the implant may have caused or contributed to the patient's postoperative course.Note, the manufacturing date (15-jul-2012) is considered to be a best estimate.This mdr represents the sepramesh ip (device 3).Additional supplemental emdr's were submitted to represent the sepramesh ip (device 1), sepramesh ip (device 2), bard soft mesh (device 5) and bard soft mesh (device 8).An additional mdr was submitted to represent the sepramesh ip (device 4).Note: section a through f - the information provided by bd represents all of the known information at this time.Despite good faith efforts to obtain additional information, the complainant / reporter was unable or unwilling to provide any further patient, product, or procedural details to bd.
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