FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

RADIESSE DERMAL FILLER

MDR report key: 1063451 · Received June 19, 2008

Report

Report Number
2135225-2008-00039
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 19, 2008
Date of Event
March 21, 2008
Report Date
June 18, 2008
Manufacturer
BIOFORM MEDICAL,
Product Code
LMH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO PROVIDE CONSULTATION TO DR. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY THE PHYSICIAN REGARDING THIS PATIENT; OUTCOME IS NOT KNOWN. IN CLOSING THIS COMPLAINT, THE MEDICAL DEVICE REPORT DECISION TREES WERE REVIEWED. REVIEW OF THIS EVENT CHANGED THE DECISION SINCE MEDICAL INTERVENTION WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PRECLUDE PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT. WE REGRET THE DELAY IN THE FILING OF THIS REPORT.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

NURSE INJECTOR REPORTED A PATIENT WHO HAD BEEN INJECTED WITH RADIESSE DERMAL FILLER AND HAD EXPERIENCED PAIN, SWELLING, REDNESS ON ONE SIDE. PATIENT WAS EVALUATED BY FAMILY PRACTITIONER WHO DIAGNOSED CELLULITIS. PATIENT WAS PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTIC AND STEROID.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RADIESSE DERMAL FILLER INJECTABLE IMPLANT LMH BIOFORM MEDICAL, 1004699

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention