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2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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openFDA event book Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#836 of 1000 · 586 reports · 2014–2026

  • BOOK 586 reports
  • RANK #836 of 1000
  • DEATH 7 death-typed
  • INJ 522 injury-typed
  • MALF 56 malfunction
  • SPAN 2014–2026
  • PEAK 2022: 104
  • PHOTO Chair

Nearest event-volume peer: Chair, Adjustable, Mechanical (0 report gap)

Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia sits #836 of 1000 among tracked device types with 586 MAUDE reports spanning 2014–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Injury-coded reports run above the device-type norm

Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia carries 89.1% INJURY-coded reports, 58.8pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 1.2% corpus 1.5% · near corpus mean (-0.3 pp)
  • INJ 89.1% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+58.8 pp)
  • MALF 9.6% corpus 64.8% · below corpus mean (-55.3 pp)

Lead product-problem code Defective Device is 30% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. accounts for 53% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 70% of location-tagged rows .

Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia carries 586 MAUDE reports, ranked #836 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Injury 522 (89.1%)
Malfunction 56 (9.6%)
Death 7 (1.2%)
1 (0.2%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

Required Intervention 294 (44.3%)
Disability 132 (19.9%)
Other 91 (13.7%)
R 61 (9.2%)
Hospitalization 54 (8.1%)
S 9 (1.4%)
8 (1.2%)
Death 4 (0.6%)
H 3 (0.5%)
O 3 (0.5%)
Life Threatening 3 (0.5%)
D 1 (0.2%)

Top Product Problems

Defective Device 262
Patient Device Interaction Problem 246
Patient-Device Incompatibility 138
Insufficient Device Problem Information 124
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 32
Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging 26
Incorrect, Inadequate or Imprecise Result or Readings 6
Expiration Date Error 5
Material Separation 5
Migration 4
Detachment of Device or Device Component 3
Device Appears to Trigger Rejection 3
Device Contamination with Chemical or Other Material 3
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 2
Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method 2
Material Deformation 2
Torn Material 2
Use of Device Problem 2
Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available 1
Biocompatibility 1

Yearly Trend

14
2014: 1
15
2015: 1
16
2016: 3
17
2017: 7
18
2018: 31
19
2019: 61
20
2020: 45
21
2021: 58
22
2022: 104
23
2023: 77
24
2024: 65
25
2025: 84
26
2026: 49

Reports in 2025 (84) held close to the prior two-year average of 71.

Related Entities for Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia

Top Manufacturers

DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. 302
DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. -1213643 199
W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES 36
SOFRADIM PRODUCTION SAS 15
W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES, INC. 11
Davol Inc., Sub. C.R. Bard, Inc. -1213643 4
UNK 2

Event Locations

413 (70.5%)
I 163 (27.8%)
NO INFORMATION 7 (1.2%)
HOSPITAL 3 (0.5%)

Compare DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. vs DAVOL INC., SUB. C.R. BARD, INC. -1213643 →

Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia: nearest by total report volume and nearest by death-typed count, each floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (586 here).

Chair, Adjustable, Mechanical 586 Syringe, Irrigating 586 Mouthguard, Prescription 584 Calibrator, Multi-Analyte Mixture 582

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (7 here), distinct from the volume row.

Device, Percutaneous Retrieval 7 Dressing, Wound, Occlusive 7 Instrument 7 Joint, Temporomandibular, Implant 7

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Mesh, Surgical, Absorbable, Abdominal Hernia; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.