FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACRYSOF

MDR report key: 1344285 · Received March 13, 2009

Report

Report Number
1119421-2009-00211
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 13, 2009
Date of Event
February 1, 2002
Report Date
February 12, 2009
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON
Product Code
HQL
PMA / PMN Number
P930014
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
JA
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS. PRODUCT HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED BECAUSE THE REPORTING FACILITY DID NOT PROVIDE A LOT NUMBER OR ANY IDENTIFICATION TRACEABLE TO THE MANUFACTURING DOCUMENTATION. REFERENCE: IWASE T, TANAKA N. CASE REPORTS - ELEVATED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE IN SECONDARY PIGGYBACK INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION. J CATARACT REFRACT SURG 2005; 31:1821-1823. THIS REPORT WAS MAILED TO FDA ON: 03/13/2009. THE

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN A LITERATURE REPORT, A SURGEON REPORTED A PATIENT WHO EXPERIENCED AN ELEVATED INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE (IOP) FOLLOWING A PIGGYBACK INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) IMPLANT SURGERY IN 2001. (THE INITIAL IOL, IMPLANTED IN 2000, HAD FIBROSED IN PLACE AND WAS NOT REMOVED). THE PATIENT WAS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULT OF THE PIGGYBACK IOL PROCEDURE. FOUR MONTHS LATER, THE IOP GRADUALLY INCREASED AND WAS PROLONGED DESPITE MEDICATIONS. ALSO, HEAVY TRABECULAR MESHWORK PIGMENTATION WAS OBSERVED. IN 2003, THE INITIAL AND PIGGYBACK IOLS WERE EXCHANGED AND A TRABECULOTOMY WAS PERFORMED. POSTOPERATIVELY, THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BCVA OF 20/20 AND THE IOP WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONTROLLED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON MA60MA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Required Intervention LATONOPROST| ACETAZOLAMIDE| TIMOLOL