| Catalog Number |
5990015 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Patient-Device Incompatibility (2682)
|
| Health Effect - Clinical Codes |
Abdominal Pain (1685); Adhesion(s) (1695); Hernia (2240)
|
| Date of Event |
01/28/2020
|
|
Type of Reportable Event
|
Serious Injury
|
|
Event or Problem Description
|
|
Addendum per additional information provided:
(b)(6) 2018 - patient was diagnosed with incarcerated incisional hernia thereby underwent laparoscopic repair with implant of ventralight st with echo 2 (device 1 and 2).Per op notes, "there was significant abdominal adhesions to the midline were taken down.All the adhesions between the small bowel, colon and omentum to the multiple large midline hernias throughout the entire incision was taken down.The hernias were reduced.Two separate pieces of ventralight st with echo 2 (device 1 and 2) were placed to cover the defect and sutured."
(b)(6) 2020 - patient was diagnosed with recurrent incarcerated incisional hernia with abdominal pain thereby underwent laparoscopic repair with implant of ventralight st with echo 2 (device 3).Per op notes, "dense intra-abdominal adhesions of the small bowel to the anterior abdominal wall and the previously placed mesh (device 1 and 2) were taken down.All the adhesions were taken down.There are multiple hernias along the abdominal wall.The old meshes (device 1 and 2) were seen densely incorporated into abdominal wall.No attempt was made to remove the old mesh.A ventralight st with echo 2 (device 3) was placed and tacked using sorbafix tacker.".
|
| |
|
Additional Manufacturer Narrative
|
|
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-may-2018) is considered to be a best estimate.This emdr represents the ventralight st with echo 2 (device 2).An additional supplemental emdr was submitted to represent the ventralight st with echo 2 (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.
|
| |
|
Search Alerts/Recalls
|