Description of Event or Problem · 1
THIS REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM AN EYE SURGERY CENTER CALLING FOR INFO CONCERNING INFECTIONS OCCURRING WITH INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTS WITH THE MODEL 920 UV-ABSORBING SILICONE FOLDABLE LENS. A PHYSICIAN HAS HAD THREE OCCURRENCES OF ENDOPHTHALMITIS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MODEL INTRAOCULAR LENS WITHIN THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THIS PARTICULAR WOMAN HAD A PHACO, CLEAR CORNEAL, CATARACT EXTRACTION, RIGHT EYE 7/23/97. SUBSEQUENTLY, SHE DEVELOPED ENDOPHTHALMITIS (DATE UNK). SHE WAS TREATED PRE AND POST OPERATIVELY WITH TOBREX DROPS. THIS MAN WAS SENT TO A RETINAL SPECIALIST. THE EYE SURGERY CENTER HAS CONDUCTED AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE A CAUSE, HOWEVER, NO SOURCE OF THE INFECTION COULD BE FOUND. A MFR REVIEW OF THE BATCH RECORDS DID NOT REVEAL ANY DISCREPANCIES. ALL ACCEPTANCE AND RELEASE CRITERIA WERE MET. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS EXPECTED.