FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

RESTYLANE INJECTABLE GEL

MDR report key: 1503819 · Received October 8, 2009

Report

Report Number
2032896-2009-00024
Event Type
Other
Date Received
October 8, 2009
Date of Event
September 25, 2009
Report Date
October 7, 2009
Manufacturer
Q-MED AB
Product Code
LMH
PMA / PMN Number
P0040024
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ADDITIONAL PMA/510(K)#: P020023. THE LOT NUMBER AND EXPIRATION DATE WERE REPORTED AS UNK. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PRODUCT AND THE EVENTS, THE PHYSICIAN STATED "ABSOLUTELY."

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON 09/28/2009, A SPONTANEOUS REPORT BY A PHYSICIAN WAS REC'D FROM A COMPANY REP REGARDING A (B) (6) FEMALE WHO REC'D AN INJECTION OF RESTYLANE (CROSS-LINKED HYALURONIC ACID DERMAL FILLER). MEDICAL HISTORY INCLUDED NO ALLERGIES AND NO PREVIOUS TREATMENT WITH EITHER RESTYLANE OR PERLANE (CROSS-LINKED HYALURONIC ACID DERMAL FILLER). THE PT WAS NOT TAKING ANY CONCOMITANT MEDICATIONS. THE PT REC'D A 0.5 CC INJECTION OF RESTYLANE ON (B) (6) 2009 BILATERALLY TO THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS. PRE-PROCEDURE MEDICATIONS INCLUDED PREPARATION OF THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS WITH ALCOHOL FOLLOWED BY BETADINE (POVIDONE-IODINE) AND INJECTABLE XYLOCAINE (LIDOCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE) APPLIED LOCALLY TO THE IMPLANT AREAS. NO TOPICAL ANESTHETICS WERE USED. NO ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED AT THE TIME OF IMPLANTATION. ON (B) (6) 2009, WITHIN 24 HRS OF IMPLANTATION, THE PT DEVELOPED AN ABSCESS WITH REDNESS AND SWELLING OF THE LEFT NASOLABIAL FOLD. ON (B) (6) 2009, THE ABSCESS WAS LANCED AND THE PUS WAS CULTURED. THE CULTURE RESULTS CAME BACK AS POSITIVE FOR COAGULASE-NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS (REPORTED AS "STAPH COAGULASE NEGATIVE"), SENSITIVE TO CIPRO (CIPROFLOXACIN). THE PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSED THE PT WITH A BACTERIAL ABSCESS. TREATMENT CONSISTENT OF CIPRO 500 MG TWICE DAILY FOR 10 DAYS AND THE PHYSICIAN ALSO ADMINISTERED ANCEF (CEFAZOLIN) 1 GRAM INTRAMUSCULARLY. THE PHYSICIAN SAW THE PT ON (B) (6) 2009, AND NOTED THAT THE ABSCESSED AREA WAS STILL SYMPTOMATIC WITHOUT MUCH IMPROVEMENT. ON (B) (6) 2009, THE PT DEVELOPED ANOTHER ABSCESS BELOW THE FIRST ABSCESS IN THE MARIONETTE REGION. THE SECOND ABSCESS WAS ALSO LANCED AND THE PUS DRAINAGE WAS SENT FOR A CULTURE. THE RESULTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT THE PHYSICIAN PRESUMED THE RESULTS WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE FIRST ABSCESS. THE PT WAS SCHEDULED FOR FOLLOW-UP IN THE PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE ON (B) (6) 2009. ADD'L INFO HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 RESTYLANE INJECTABLE GEL INJECTABLE DERMAL FILLER LMH Q-MED AB NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR