FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACRYSOF RESTOR

MDR report key: 1253141 · Received December 5, 2008

Report

Report Number
1119421-2008-00994
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 5, 2008
Date of Event
May 1, 2008
Report Date
November 6, 2008
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. /HUNTINGTON
Product Code
MFK
PMA / PMN Number
P040020
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED. RESULTS FROM THE PRODUCT HISTORY RECORD REVIEW INDICATED THE PRODUCT MET RELEASE CRITERIA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER COMPLAINTS REPORTED IN THE LOT NUMBER. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED ON 11/07/2008, 11/12/2008, 11/13/2008, AND 11/21/2008 BY PHONE, FAX, AND MAIL. A COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A SURGEON REPORTED A PATIENT THAT EXPERIENCED AN UNEXPECTED POSTOPERATIVE REFRACTION FOLLOWING INTRAOCULAR (IOL) IMPLANT SURGERY. THE PATIENT REPORTED HAVING DIFFICULTY READING AND BLURRY DISTANT VISION. HE STATED THAT HIS PERIPHERAL VISION HAD A TRIANGLE SHAPE THAT WAS BLACK AND WORSE IN THE MORNING. THE SURGEON REPORTED THE PATIENT WAS TAKING MEDICATIONS FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY THAT HAD PRODUCED A "FLOPPY IRIS". IN 2008, THE PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A PARTIAL RETINAL DETACHMENT AND SENT TO A RETINAL SPECIALIST WHO PERFORMED A CRYOPNEUMATIC RETINOPEXY. CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA (CME) WAS ALSO NOTED IN THE SAME MONTH. LASIK WAS PERFORMED IN APPROX FOUR MONTHS LATER. AS OF THE FOLLOWING MONTH, THE PATIENT STATED THAT "VISION WORSE THAN PREVIOUS" AND THAT HE "CAN'T READ AT ALL".

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF RESTOR INTRAOCULAR LENS MFK ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. /HUNTINGTON SN6AD3 10723204

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 75 YR Required Intervention URAXATROL| VISCOAT AND BSS