FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SURGITEK-MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORP

MDR report key: 117208 · Received September 1, 1997

Report

Report Number
MW1012013
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 1, 1997
Date of Event
April 29, 1997
Report Date
August 31, 1997
Manufacturer
MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORP.
Product Code
FTR
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DEC 1996 ON MAMMOGRAM A SEVERE SILICONE RUPTURE WAS SHOWN. CAUSING SOME PAIN AND DISEASE SYMPTOMS. DRY EYES, ARTHRITIS JOINT SWELLING, LOSS OF HAIR, FATIGUE, MUSCLE ACHES, HAD 1ST SURGERY TO EXPLANT ON 4-29-97. BECAUSE OF SEVERE RUPTURE TO LEFT BREAST, A SUBCUTANEOUS MASTECTOMY WAS PERFORMED. THE RIGHT BREAST WAS FOUND TO BE RUPTURED AS WELL BUT HELD WITHIN CAPSULE. SCAR CAPSULES ALSO WERE REMOVED. 2ND RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY TO HAPPEN LATER THIS YEAR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SURGITEK-MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORP Implant SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS FTR MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORP. 10600000S0 & 10580000S0 1127-81-A & 4420-81-L

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 44 YR Hospitalization| R