IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT'S ATTORNEY THAT AS A RESULT OF HAVING THE PRODUCT IMPLANTED, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PAIN AND SUFFERING, HAS SUSTAINED PERMANENT INJURY, AND WILL LIKELY UNDERGO CORRECTIVE SURGERY.
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THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD WAS REVIEWED FINDING NOTHING THAT COULD CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE REPORTED EVENT. THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WHICH ACCOMPANIES EACH DEVICE STATES IN THE ADVERSE REACTIONS SECTION: "POTENTIAL ADVERSE REACTIONS ARE THOSE TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICALLY IMPLANTABLE MATERIALS, INCLUDING HEMATOMA, SEROMA, MUCOSAL OR VISCERAL EROSION, INFECTION, INFLAMMATION, SENSITIZATION, DYSPAREUNIA, SCARIFICATION AND CONTRACTION, FISTULA FORMATION, EXTRUSION AND RECURRENCE VESSELS, NERVES, BLADDER, BOWEL, RECTUM, OR ANY VISCERA MAY OCCUR DURING NEEDLE PASSAGE." THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE STATES UNDER PRECAUTIONS: "THE MESH SHOULD ONLY BE USED BY PHYSICIANS WHO ARE TRAINED IN THE SURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION AND THE IMPLANTATION OF NONABSORBABLE MESHES." (B)(4).