GORE DUALMESH Biomaterial 1DLMC08Recalls & reported problems
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · GORE DUALMESH BIOMATERIAL 26.0cmX34.0cmX1.0mm · Class 2 · Implant
All models of GORE DUALMESH Biomaterial (13)
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Quick summary
This Gore DualMesh surgical mesh is implanted to reinforce abdominal wall and hernia repairs. The 43 adverse event reports describe complications such as infection, fluid collections under the skin, abscesses, adhesions (scar tissue binding organs together), and hernia recurrence, often leading to removal of the mesh in later surgery. All 43 reports involve injuries and no deaths. There are no recalls naming this device.
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- Adverse event reports
- 43
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 43
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 43 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00733132601011), received between Jun 27, 2018 and Aug 5, 2024 — classified as 43 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (42 reports).
Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Insufficient Device Problem Information42
- Contamination3
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Patient-Device Incompatibility2
- Device-Device Incompatibility1
- Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method1
- No Apparent Adverse Event1
- Patient Device Interaction Problem1
Patient problems
- Unspecified Infection32
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions24
- Hernia10
- Abscess9
- Adhesion(s)8
- Seroma8
- No Code Available7
- Pain3
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 43 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 5, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THE PHYSICIAN WAS PERFORMING A REINTERVENTION FOR A PATIENT HE RECENTLY IMPLANTED A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL DEVICE. WHEN THE PHYSICIAN WAS EXPLORING THE PATIENT LAPAROSCOPICALLY, HE SAW A LOT OF ADHESIONS AND SEROMA WITH A LOT OF CONTRACTION. THE IMPLANT SITE DID REQUIRE ASPIRATION DUE TO THE SEROMA/FLUID ACCUMULATION. REPORTEDLY, GORE-TEX® SUTURE WAS ALSO USED IN THE PROCEDURE. IT WAS REPORTED THE PHYSICIAN IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MESH AND THE ADHESIONS, NOT SO MUCH THE SEROMA OR THE INFECTION. AFTER THE REVIEW AND PLACEMENT OF THE MESH IN THE RIGHT WAY, THE PHYSICIAN PROCEEDED TO TAKE A SAMPLE TO TEST FOR INFECTION. IT WAS REPORTED THE PHYSICIAN LEFT A 14 FRENCH BLAKE DRAIN IN BETWEEN THE MESH AND PERITONEUM, UNTIL HE HAS THE TEST RESULTS. AN ABDOMINAL BINDER WAS USED POSTOPERATIVELY TO CLOSE THE DEAD SPACE. REPORTEDLY, THE LAB RESULTS SHOWED NEGATIVE FOR INFECTION. IT WAS REPORTED THERE WAS NO PRE-EXISTING INFECTION IN THE FIELD OF TREATMENT OR AN IATROGENIC INJURY. REPORTEDLY, THE PATIENT IS STABLE AND GETTING BETTER WITH LOWER INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE. REPORTEDLY, "THE PHYSICIAN SAID HE USED LOCAL ANESTHESIA IN THE PORT SITES FOR THE LAPAROSC
Patient problems: Seroma
MAUDE report 19909634 ↗InjuryApr 23, 2024Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN AND LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2011 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2023, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ADHESION, INFECTED MESH, MESH REMOVAL, SEROMA, WOUND DÉBRIDEMENT, NECROSIS, ADHESIONS, JP DRAIN. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Abscess; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 19163136 ↗InjuryJan 30, 2023Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2005 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ADDITIONAL SURGERY; INFECTED MESH; MESH REMOVAL; FISTULA; SMALL-BOWEL RESECTION; INFLAMMATION; ADHESIONS; ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION; PAIN & SUFFERING. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 16266128 ↗InjuryMay 27, 2022Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6)2013 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2013, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ADHESIONS, EVENTRATION, PAIN, RECURRENCE. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Hernia; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 14524187 ↗InjuryMay 27, 2022Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2010 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: HERNIA RECURRENCE AND REMOVAL. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED. INITIAL REVIEW OF THE MEDICAL RECORDS INDICATE A REPORTABLE INFECTION.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 14523355 ↗InjuryMay 18, 2022Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2009 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2011, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: SEROMA, ABSCESS, SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION, INFECTION, ADHESIONS. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 14431919 ↗InjuryFeb 28, 2022Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2011 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2011, ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: INFECTION, HEMATOMA, SEROMA, WOUND VAC, DRAINAGE, SURGERY TO REMOVE MESH, SEVERE AND CHRONIC PAIN/DISCOMFORT. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 13618954 ↗InjuryJun 22, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2011 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ABDOMINAL PAIN, INFECTION, WOUND VAC, MESH REMOVAL. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Hernia; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12046380 ↗InjuryJun 22, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2006 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2011, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ABDOMINAL PAIN, ABSCESS, INFECTION, REVISION. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Abscess; Hernia; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12046214 ↗InjuryJun 22, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2005 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2006, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: EXPLORATORY LAPAROTOMY, SURGERY TO REMOVE MESH, INFECTED MESH, MESH NOT INCORPORATED, PURULENT MATERIAL UNDER MESH, SEVERE AND CHRONIC PAIN/DISCOMFORT. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12044742 ↗InjuryJun 22, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN ABDOMINAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2003 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2007, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ABCESS, ADHESIONS, DEBRIDEMENT, FISTULA, INFECTION, RECURRENCE, SEROMA, WOUND VAC, MESH REMOVAL, BOWEL INVOLVEMENT. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Abscess; Adhesion(s); Fistula; Hernia; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Seroma; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12041967 ↗InjuryMar 31, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2009 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2009, ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: FISTULA, INFECTION, MESH REMOVAL. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Fistula; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 11597157 ↗InjuryMar 30, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN VENTRAL INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2002 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2006, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ABSCESS, INFECTED MESH, REMOVAL OF MESH, PAIN AND SUFFERING. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Abscess; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 11591084 ↗InjuryMar 25, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC LOWER MIDLINE HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2003 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2013, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: HERNIA RECURRENCE, SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION, ABDOMINAL WALL RECONSTRUCTION, ABSCESS, OPEN DRAINING WOUND, DEVITALIZED TISSUE, SCARRING, SEVERE AND CHRONIC PAIN/DISCOMFORT. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Abscess; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Obstruction/Occlusion
MAUDE report 11571373 ↗InjuryMar 24, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) , 2008 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) , 2019, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: CHRONICALLY INFECTED MESH AND ABSCESS WHICH REQUIRED SURGERY AND FOLLOW UP SURGERY DUE TO AN OPEN WOUND. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 11566068 ↗InjurySep 29, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2012 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2012, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: INFECTION, SURGERY TO REMOVE MESH, HOLE IN STOMACH, BOTHERED SEX LIFE, SEVERE AND CHRONIC PAIN. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10601177 ↗InjurySep 21, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2008 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2012, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ADHESIONS TAKEN DOWN, LYSIS OF ADHESIONS, EXCISION OF INFECTED MESH. ABSCESS SEEMED TO BE BETWEEN THE 2 LAYERS OF COMPOSIX MESH. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10564556 ↗InjuryAug 13, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2004 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2005, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ABSCESS, ADHESIONS, INCISION & DRAINAGE, INFECTION, REVISION. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10404506 ↗InjuryAug 13, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2014 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2018, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: DEBRIDEMENT, INFECTION, HERNIA RECURRENCE, REMOVAL. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10403412 ↗InjuryAug 7, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2014 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2015, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: SEROMA, REMOVAL OF INFECTED MESH, FOREIGN BODY REACTION, MESH CONTRACTION. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Seroma; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10382717 ↗InjuryAug 6, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC OPEN INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2007 AND (B)(6) 2007 WHEREBY MULTIPLE GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WERE IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2007, (B)(6) 2007, AND (B)(6) 2007 ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICES WERE EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: INFECTION, PAIN, ADDITIONAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MESH REMOVAL, ABSCESS AND EXCISION OF NECROTIC SKIN AND HERNIA SAC. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10373952 ↗InjuryJul 2, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2003 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2013, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: REMOVAL OF INFECTED MESH. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Erosion; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10227347 ↗InjuryMay 4, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2014 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2015, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ADHESIONS AND INFECTION. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Abscess; Adhesion(s); Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10020226 ↗InjuryDec 6, 2019Insufficient Device Problem Information; Patient-Device Incompatibility; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2006 WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2009, AN ADDITIONAL PROCEDURE OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: ADHESION TO BOWEL, RECURRENCE, AND REVISION/REMOVAL OF MESH. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Hernia; No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 9432468 ↗InjuryDec 4, 2019Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
IT WAS REPORTED TO GORE THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC/OPEN "TRANSVERSE RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT" HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2001 AND (B)(6) 2002, WHEREBY A GORE® DUALMESH® BIOMATERIAL WAS IMPLANTED. THE COMPLAINT ALLEGES THAT ON (B)(6) 2002 AND (B)(6) 2016, ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES OCCURRED WHEREBY THE GORE DEVICE WAS EXPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT ALLEGES THE FOLLOWING INJURIES: HEMATOMA, ADHESIONS TO MESH, ADHESIONS TO SMALL INTESTINE, ADHESIONS, ILEUS, FLUID COLLECTION. ADDITIONAL EVENT SPECIFIC INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Hematoma; No Code Available; Obstruction/Occlusion
MAUDE report 9413880 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
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