FDA Adverse Event
Injury
Summary report: N
SURGITEK-MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORP
MDR report key: 117208
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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 |