Mesh, Surgical, Synthetic, Urogynecologic, For Apical Vaginal And Uterine Prolapse, Transabdominally Placed
Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.
OpenFDA device adverse-event casebook.
FDA MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Mesh LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#322 of 1000 · 4,747 reports · 2006–2026
- BOOK 4,747 reports
- RANK #322 of 1000
- DEATH 24 death-typed
- INJ 4,654 injury-typed
- MALF 65 malfunction
- SPAN 2006–2026
- PEAK 2013: 2,272
- PHOTO Tape And Bandage
Nearest event-volume peer: Tape And Bandage, Adhesive (2 report gap)
Mesh, Surgical, Synthetic, Urogynecologic, For Apical Vaginal And Uterine Prolapse, Transabdominally Placed sits #322 of 1000 among tracked device types with 4,747 MAUDE reports spanning 2006–2026. 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 →
Event-type mix vs corpus
Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.
- DEATH 0.5% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.0 pp)
- INJ 98.0% corpus 30.4% · above corpus mean (+67.6 pp)
- MALF 1.4% corpus 64.5% · below corpus mean (-63.1 pp)
Lead product-problem code Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem is 54% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer ETHICON INC. accounts for 60% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 44% of location-tagged rows .
Mesh in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Lenses
Lenses, Soft Contact, Daily Wear
4,769 reports
- Tape And Band…
Tape And Bandage, Adhesive
4,749 reports
- Mesh (this)
Mesh, Surgical, Synthetic, Urogynecologic, For Apical Vaginal And Uterine Prolapse, Transabdominally Placed
4,747 reports
- Staple
Staple, Removable (Skin)
4,713 reports
- Ventilator
Ventilator, Emergency, Powered (Resuscitator)
4,700 reports
- Catheter
Catheter, Flow Directed
4,682 reports
What this shows Mesh, Surgical, Synthetic, Urogynecologic, For Apical Vaginal And Uterine Prolapse, Transabdominally Placed carries 4,747 MAUDE reports, ranked #322 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Top Product Problems
Yearly Trend
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Event Locations
Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles
Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Mesh, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.
Similar report volume
Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (4,747 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (24 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Mesh 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; 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.