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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 date of event (31-mar-2026) is considered to be the best estimate.This emdr represents the ventralight st w/ echo mesh (device 2).An additional supplemental emdr was submitted to represent the ventralight st w/ echo mesh (device 1).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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Per information provided: on (b)(6) 2021 - patient was diagnosed with recurrent incarcerated incisional hernia thereby underwent open repair with implant of ventralight st w/ echo mesh (device 1 and device 2).Per operative notes, "a small skin incision was made in the left upper quadrant into the abdominal cavity.There were dense adhesions, which were taken down.There was gore-tex mesh placed in the mid abdomen in the region of the umbilicus.The mesh was wrinkled and hardened in nature.The above the mesh, there was a defect.The old unknown gore-tex mesh was dissected out.Two ventralight st w/ echo mesh (device 1 and 2) was placed together for better coverage and secured it with sutures." attorney alleges that patient had hernia recurrence, infection, mesh migration, mesh shrinkage, abdominal pain.
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