FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

AMS 700 INFLATABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS

MDR report key: 1650750 · Received April 2, 2010

Report

Report Number
2183959-2010-00187
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 2, 2010
Date of Event
November 27, 2007
Report Date
December 1, 2009
Manufacturer
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Product Code
JCW
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT IS ADDRESSED IN THE DEVICE LABELING. THE FREQUENCY FOR THIS EVENT IS NOT GREATER THAN IS USUAL.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

INFO RECEIVED ON 12/14/2007 INDICATES A (B) (6) MALE WITH PEYRONIE'S DISEASE AND POST PROSTATECTOMY WAS IMPLANTED WITH AN IPP DEVICE ON (B) (6) 2007. THE DOCTOR ATTEMPTED TO INFLATE THE CYLINDERS, WHEN THE CYLINDERS DID NOT INFLATE AT THE END OF THE PROCEDURE, IT WAS DUE TO "URETHRAL EXCURSION" AND THE CYLINDERS WERE REMOVED AND THE PUMP WAS PLUGGED WITH THE RESERVOIR ATTACHED (DEACTIVATED AND LEFT IN PLACE). NO CYLINDERS WERE LEFT IN THE PT. ON (B) (6) 2009, PT ALLEGED THE PENILE IMPLANT RUPTURED FOLLOWING THIS SURGERY ON (B) (6) 2007. ADDITIONAL INFO RECEIVED ON 04/01/2010 INDICATES THE PT ALLEGES UPON INSERTING THE PENILE IMPLANT, DOCTOR ACTIVATED THE PUMP TO TEST THE DEVICE TO MAKE SURE IT WOULD OPERATE. UPON ACTIVATING THE PUMP, THE DEVICE RUPTURED AND CAUSED SERIOUS AND PERMANENT INJURIES, INCLUDING EXCESSIVE BLEEDING FROM THE GROIN AREA, SEVERE PAIN IN THE GROIN AREA, PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT, AND PERMANENT LOSS OF USE. NO FURTHER INFO PROVIDED AT THIS TIME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AMS 700 INFLATABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS INFLATABLE PENILE PROSTHESIS JCW AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC. IPP

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 68 YR Hospitalization| R| S