BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    LAP-BAND AP ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM (LARGE)

    MDR report key: 1081466 · Received July 25, 2008

    Report

    Report Number
    2024601-2008-00391
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    July 25, 2008
    Date of Event
    July 10, 2007
    Report Date
    June 26, 2008
    Manufacturer
    COSTA RICA
    Product Code
    LTI
    PMA / PMN Number
    P000008
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    AS
    Reporter Occupation
    OTHER

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    TAPER II. THE PRODUCT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT HAS NOT YET BEEN RETURNED. BASED UPON THE SERIAL NUMBER AND IMPLANT DATE PROVIDED BY THE REPORTER, THE CONNECTOR TYPE IS ASSUMED TO BE A TAPER II. THE REPORTER OF THE EVENT WAS ASKED TO RETURN THE PRODUCT FOR ANALYSIS. VISUAL EXAMINATION MAY CONFIRM OR DETERMINE ANOTHER CONNECTOR TYPE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REPORT. ALLERGAN HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PRODUCT AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, NO ANALYSIS OR TESTING HAS BEEN DONE. BAND SLIPPAGE IS A SURGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE GENERALLY DOES NOT ASSIST ALLERGAN IN DETERMINING A PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT. DEVICE LABELING ADDRESSES THE REPORTED EVENT OF SLIPPAGE AS FOLLOWS: "OVER DISSECTION OF THE STOMACH DURING PLACEMENT MAY RESULT IN SLIPPAGE OR EROSION OF THE BAND AND REQUIRE REOPERATION. THE DISSECTION SHOULD BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE BAND OR EVEN SMALLER TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF BAND AND/OR STOMACH SLIPPAGE."

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    REPORTED AS "BAND SLIPPAGE".

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 LAP-BAND AP ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM (LARGE) DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF MORBID OBESITY LTI COSTA RICA NA 1335280

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention