FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

DERMAGRAFT-TC

MDR report key: 160670 · Received April 3, 1998

Report

Report Number
2028403-1998-00005
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 3, 1998
Date of Event
May 6, 1997
Report Date
April 3, 1998
Manufacturer
ADVANCED TISSUE SCIENCES, INC.
Product Code
MGR
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A PT PRESENTED WITH A 85-90% TBSA DEEP PARTIAL-THICKNESS/FULL-THICKNESS BURN. ON 5/6/1997, THE PT RECEIVED 26 PIECES OF DERMAGRAFT-TC (DGTC) (LOT 101182, 101183, 101184). THE DGTC WAS APPLIED OVER 4 TO 1 MESHED AUTOGRAFT. THE AUTOGRAFT HAD TO BE REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION. THE WOUND CULTURE WAS POSITIVE FOR PSEUDOMONAS AND STREPTOCOCCUS. ON 5/19/1997 THE SURGEON APPLIED ANOTHER 12 PIECES, LOT 1011852. THIS DGTC WAS APPLIED TO THE LEGS BUT HAD TO BE REMOVED DUE TO INFECTION, SOME ORGANISMS. ON 5/23/1997 16 PIECES WERE APPLIED, LOT 101226 AND 101228 AS A TEMPORARY COVERING AND OVER MESH AUTOGRAFT. THE AREA WAS INFECTED AND THE DGTC HAD TO BE REMOVED, CULTURES REVEALED SAME ORGANISM. INFECTION IS A COMMON COMPLICATION OF BURNS AND THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE DEVICE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE INFECTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DERMAGRAFT-TC Implant HUMAN FIBROBLAST DERIVED TEMPORARY SKIN SUBSTITUTE MGR ADVANCED TISSUE SCIENCES, INC. ZT 8000 101182-84,101185,101226,101228

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 11 YR Required Intervention