FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SILTEX SALINE-FILLED-2800 ROUND

MDR report key: 148038 · Received January 9, 1998

Report

Report Number
148038
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 9, 1998
Date of Event
July 14, 1997
Report Date
July 29, 1997
Manufacturer
MENTOR CORP.
Product Code
FWM
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS 72 YR OLD FEMALE HAS HAD PREVIOUS MULTIPLE BREAST RECONSTRUCTION STATUS POST SIMPLE MASTECTOMIES. ON JANUARY 21, 1992, SHE HAD SALINE-FILLED BREAST IMPLANTS INSERTED. SHE NOTICED, A DECREASE IN VOLUME AFTER RECENT MAMMOGRAM. GROSS EXAM: THE RIGHT IMPLANT SHOWS A SMALL FENESTRATION ON THE IMPLANT SURFACE JUST ADJACENT TO AN EMBOSSED THICKENED RING AND WEIGHS 46.0 GMS. THE LEFT IMPLANT IS INTACT AND WEIGHS 310 GMS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SILTEX SALINE-FILLED-2800 ROUND Implant MAMMARY PROSTHESIS FWM MENTOR CORP. * 58932

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 72 YR Hospitalization