FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NOVATHREADS

MDR report key: 17014202 · Received May 26, 2023

Report

Report Number
3007895168-2022-00060
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 26, 2023
Date of Event
July 11, 2021
Report Date
May 26, 2023
Manufacturer
ECTODERMA DBA COSMOFRANCE
Product Code
NEW
PMA / PMN Number
K191361
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE
Health Professional
Yes

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 0

ON (B)(6)2021, HCP IMPLANTED PDO THREADS IN UPPER CHEEK + LOWER JAWLINE/NECK REGION. ON (B)(6) 2021, ACCORDING TO HCP, THE PATIENT NOTICED A PDO THREAD POKING INTO HER MOUTH. THE PATIENT PULLED ON IT AND PARTIALLY REMOVED IT. ON (B)(6)2021, THE PATIENT WAS EVALUATED BY HCP AT A FOLLOW-UP VISIT IN WHICH THE REST OF THE PDO THREAD WAS REMOVED WHICH WAS ABOUT 3-4CMS. HCP REPORTED THE PDO THREAD BROKE ABOUT MIDWAY DOWN FROM THE ZYGOMATIC ARCH OF THE PATIENT'S LEFT CHEEKBONE AND THEN IT MIGRATED OUT INTO THE PATIENT'S MOUTH. HCP REPORTED THE PATIENT SAID THAT THEY "DID EVERYTHING RIGHT" BUT NOTED AN INCREASE IN PAIN AFTER "SCRATCHING" THEIR CHEEK AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WHERE THE BREAKAGE HAPPENED. HCP PRESCRIBED PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS SINCE THE EXPOSED PDO THREAD WAS POKING INTO THE PATIENT'S MOUTH FOR OVER 24 HOURS. HCP RECOMMENDED USUAL POST-CARE PROTOCOLS. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR STATUS OF THIS PATIENT WAS PROVIDED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1551011 NOVATHREADS PDO SUTURE NEW ECTODERMA DBA COSMOFRANCE Y114-20

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 43 YR Unknown Required Intervention