ETHICON PHYSIOMESHRecalls & reported problems across all models
Johnson & Johnson International Inc. · 14 models in the FDA device registry
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 219
- Deaths reported
- 2
- Injuries reported
- 216
- Recalls
- 0
We found 14 models of ETHICON PHYSIOMESH by Johnson & Johnson International Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 219 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between Dec 4, 2017 and Jul 18, 2025 — classified as 2 deaths, 216 injuries, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (2 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. Widely used products collect more reports, so totals can't be used to compare products or estimate failure rates. Only reports that name a model's exact device identifier are counted. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works
Reports received per month, all models
Most reported ETHICON PHYSIOMESH problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem182
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available35
- Migration2
- Contamination1
- Hole In Material1
- Material Integrity Problem1
Patient problems
- Pain102
- Adhesion(s)90
- Hernia68
- Inflammation66
- Nausea60
- Insufficient Information37
- Diarrhea36
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available32
ETHICON PHYSIOMESH models
14 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY1015VMesh, surgical, polymeric81 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY1520VMesh, surgical, polymeric49 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY2025VMesh, surgical, polymeric30 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY1515QMesh, surgical, polymeric14 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY1520RMesh, surgical, polymeric13 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY2535VMesh, surgical, polymeric11 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY0715RMesh, surgical, polymeric5 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH OPHY1010Mesh, surgical, polymeric1 death4 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH OPHY1215Mesh, surgical, polymeric4 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH OPHY1525Mesh, surgical, polymeric1 death4 reports
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH PHY2030RMesh, surgical, polymeric1 report
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH OPHY1520Mesh, surgical, polymeric1 report
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH OPHY1520Mesh, surgical, polymeric1 report
- ETHICON PHYSIOMESH OPHY2536Mesh, surgical, polymeric1 report
Recent ETHICON PHYSIOMESH adverse event reports
The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJul 18, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2013 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED DUE ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM AND BILATERAL ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSMS. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY LAST ON (B)(6) 2008 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED AND REMOVAL SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2011. OTHER PROCEDURE WAS CAPTURED IN A SEPARATE FILE.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 22545375 ↗InjuryJul 14, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REPAIR OF INCISIONAL HERNIA AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2023. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN UNKNOWN ADVERSE EVENT. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REPORTED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 22493600 ↗InjuryJul 3, 2025Material Integrity Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Material Integrity Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN UMBILICAL HERNIA REPAIR PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2014 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED FOR PARIETAL REINFORCEMENT TYPE. FOLLOWING THIS OPERATION, THE PATIENT BEGAN TO HAVE PAIN AND WAS CONSULTED AGAIN. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A SECOND OPERATION ON (B)(6) 2016. DURING THIS ONE, THE SURGEON DISCOVERED THAT PART OF THE FIRST PARIETAL REINFORCEMENT HAD DETACHED AND A NEW HERNIA AT THE LEVEL OF THE WHITE LINE. THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A SECOND REINFORCEMENT (NOT A J&J DEVICE) DURING THIS SECOND OPERATION. CURRENT STATE OF THE PATIENT: AFTER THE FIRST OPERATION, THE PATIENT FELT ABDOMINAL PAIN THAT THEY THOUGHT WAS DUE TO THE FORMATION OF THE NEW HERNIA AND THE FACT THAT THE PROSTHESIS HAD COME OFF. BUT IT REALLY FOLLOWED THE SECOND OPERATION THAT THE PATIENT STARTED TO HAVE ABDOMINAL PAIN, THEN AT THE HIP, THEN AT THE BACK. THE PATIENT SUFFERS FROM CHRONIC AND DISABLING PAIN IN DAILY LIFE. THE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS PUT IN PLACE FOR THESE PAINS ARE WITHOUT GREAT RESULTS, THE PAINS ARE DAILY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE OR COULD BE OBTAINED AS REPORTER DETAILS HAVE NOT BEEN DISCLOSED (CONFIDENTIAL).
Patient problems: Hernia; Pain; Seroma; Swelling/ Edema
MAUDE report 22395086 ↗InjuryJun 12, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2021 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT MESH REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2022. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN, NAUSEA, DIARRHEA, CHILLS, INFLAMMATION, AND A SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Chills; Diarrhea; Inflammation; Nausea; Obstruction/Occlusion; Pain
MAUDE report 22194405 ↗InjuryMay 16, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REPAIR INCISIONAL HERNIA AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2015. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2016. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN UNKNOWN ADVERSE EVENT. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 22034512 ↗InjuryMay 16, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2015 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2015 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2015. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT ANOTHER REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2016. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN AND ADHESION. THE OTHER PROCEDURE IS CAPTURED IN A SEPARATE FILE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Pain
MAUDE report 22034241 ↗InjuryMay 9, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT RECURRENT VENTRAL HERNIA ON (B)(6) 2012 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2009 AND TWO (2) MESHES WERE IMPLANTED. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REPAIR OF RECURRENT INCISIONAL HERNIA AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2010. OTHER PROCEDURE WAS CAPTURED IN A SEPARATE FILE. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 21991451 ↗InjuryMay 6, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL SURGERY AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2014. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD UNDERWENT HERNIA PROCEDURE AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2007. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN UNKNOWN ADVERSE EVENT. OTHER PROCEDURE WAS CAPTURED IN A SEPARATE FILE. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 21968348 ↗InjuryApr 24, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT EXPLANTATION OF MESH AND REPAIR OF RECURRENT VENTRAL HERNIA ON (B)(6) 2014 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED DURING WHICH THE SURGEON NOTED ¿ADHESIONS IN THE ANTERIOR MIDLINE, THERE WAS A LARGE, ENCAPSULATED HERNIA SAC AND PORTION OF CAPSULE INVOLVING A PIECE OF MESH WHICH WAS PULLED AWAY FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY LAST ON (B)(6) 2014 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED. OTHER PROCEDURE WAS CAPTURED IN A SEPARATE FILE. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 21906035 ↗InjuryApr 24, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024 AND A MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Obstruction/Occlusion
MAUDE report 21897476 ↗InjuryApr 23, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2014 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2023 DURING WHICH THE SURGEON NOTED DENSE ADHESIONS NEAR THE UMBILICUS FROM HIS PREVIOUS HERNIA SURGERY. THESE WERE TEDIOUSLY TAKEN DOWN UNTIL THE ENTIRE SMALL BOWEL COULD BE RUN. AT THE ILEOCECAL VALVE, THERE WAS AN OBSTRUCTION WITH AN ASSOCIATED MASS AT THE MESENTERIC BORDER. THIS AREA OF THE SMALL BOWEL WAS RESECTED FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES OF SMALL BOWEL. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN, SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION WITH RESECTIONING, AND ADHESIONS. NO OTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Hernia; Obstruction/Occlusion; Pain
MAUDE report 21896671 ↗InjuryMar 9, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT RECURRENT INCISIONAL HERNIA AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2011. IT WAS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD UNDERWENT REPAIR INCISIONAL HERNIA AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2010. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED AN UNKNOWN ADVERSE EVENT. OTHER PROCEDURE WAS CAPTURED IN A SEPARATE FILE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Insufficient Information
MAUDE report 21556579 ↗InjuryMar 4, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2015 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2013 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT EXPERIENCED HERNIA RECURRENCE AND ADHESION. OTHER PROCEDURE WAS CAPTURED IN A SEPARATE FILE. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE ADDED.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Hernia; Nausea; Pain
MAUDE report 21512012 ↗InjuryMar 4, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA REPAIR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2014 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2023. IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN, SEROMA, INFECTION, FISTULA, DENSE ADHESIONS AND SCAR TISSUE, AND CHRONIC OPEN DRAINING WOUND. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Fistula; Fluid Discharge; Pain; Scar Tissue; Seroma; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 21511822 ↗InjuryFeb 18, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ATTORNEY THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT HERNIA REPAIR ON (B)(6) 2013 AND MESH WAS IMPLANTED. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2023. IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN, NAUSEA, DIARRHEA, CHILLS, INFLAMMATION, AND A SMALL BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED.
Patient problems: Chills; Diarrhea; Inflammation; Nausea; Obstruction/Occlusion; Pain
MAUDE report 21399944 ↗
Other Johnson & Johnson International Inc. products
All Johnson & Johnson International Inc. devices →Sources and updates
- Models: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Models are grouped by the brand name the manufacturer registered.
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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