FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNK MAMMARY IMPLANT

MDR report key: 10977067 · Received December 9, 2020

Report

Report Number
9617229-2020-20584
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 9, 2020
Date of Event
May 21, 2020
Report Date
December 9, 2020
Manufacturer
ALLERGAN (COSTA RICA)
Product Code
FWM
PMA / PMN Number
P990074
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

(B)(4). ARTICLE CITATION: "RISK FACTORS FOR CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN IMMEDIATE RECONSTRUCTION VERSUS DELAYED RECONSTRUCTION;¿ MAIKO DE KERCKHOVE, MD, PHD, YOSHIKO IWAHIRA, MD, PHD; WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH INC.; PRS GLOBAL OPEN 2020; 21 MAY 2020; THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLASTIC SURGEONS 2020. THE EVENTS OF SEROMA, INFECTION, ISCHEMIA, WOUND DEHISCENCE, NECROSIS, AND EXPOSURE ARE PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE DEVICE GENERALLY DOES NOT ASSIST ALLERGAN IN DETERMINING A PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THESE EVENTS. FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE REPORTER CANNOT BE REQUESTED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. REASONS FOR REOPERATION INCLUDE: SEROMA, INFECTION, ISCHEMIA, WOUND DEHISCENCE, NECROSIS, EXPOSURE, AND/OR UNRELATED CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE, BAKER GRADE III OR IV (DUE TO PREVIOUS TISSUE EXPANDER).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

JOURNAL ARTICLE ¿RISK FACTORS FOR CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY IN IMMEDIATE RECONSTRUCTION VERSUS DELAYED RECONSTRUCTION¿ REPORTED COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING IMMEDIATE TEXTURED, ¿IMPLANT INSERTION¿ OF ¿HEMATOMA, SEROMA, INFECTION, ISCHEMIC SKIN WOUND, EXPOSURE OCCURRENCE.¿ PATIENT WAS CONSIDERED TO EXPERIENCE HEMATOMA ¿IF HISTORY OF HEMATOMA REMOVAL OR A SUBCUTANEOUS HEMORRHAGE BEYOND THE DISSECTION AREA¿ AND SKIN ISCHEMIA ¿JUDGED TO BE PRESENT IN THE CASE OF NECROSIS OR DEHISCENCE OF THE WOUND MARGIN OR NIPPLE AREOLA REGIONS.¿ BAKER GRADE III OR IV WAS DIAGNOSED FOR ALL PATIENTS WITH CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE FORMATION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT ¿LIKELY THAT THE CAPSULE CONTRACTURE FORMATION IS SIMPLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPANDER OPERATION¿ AND IS NOT RELATED TO THE BREAST IMPLANT. HEMATOMA IS DUE TO PATIENT HISTORY AND NOT DEVICE RELATED. THE DEVICE STATUS IS UNKNOWN. EVENTS OCCURRED ON AN UNKNOWN SIDE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1443582 UNK MAMMARY IMPLANT PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM ALLERGAN (COSTA RICA) NI

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention CHEMOTHERAPY, HORMONE THERAPY, RADIATION