FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ACRYSOF RESTOR

MDR report key: 1841632 · Received September 16, 2010

Report

Report Number
1119421-2010-01010
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 16, 2010
Date of Event
January 1, 2009
Report Date
August 17, 2010
Manufacturer
ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON
Product Code
MFK
PMA / PMN Number
P040020
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE PRODUCT WAS NOT RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS; THE DEVICE REMAINS IMPLANTED. RESULTS FROM THE PRODUCT HISTORY RECORD REVIEW INDICATED THE PRODUCT MET RELEASE CRITERIA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER COMPLAINTS REPORTED IN THE LOT NUMBER. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS REQUESTED ON 08/17/2010 AND 08/18/2010 BY PHONE, FAX, AND MAIL. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED ON 08/17/2010 BY PHONE; MEDICAL RECORDS WERE RECEIVED ON 08/27/2010. A COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ADVERSE EVENT(S): "VISION IS NOT SHARP" (BLURRED VISION); "SHADOWS AROUND IMAGES" (VISION, IMPAIRED). PRODUCT PROBLEM(S): "NONE REPORTED" (NO INFORMATION [IOL (INTRAOCULAR LENS) IMPLANT]). A CONSUMER REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING BILATERAL INTRAOCULAR LENS (IOL) IMPLANT SURGERY, HER VISION IS NOT SHARP. MEDICAL RECORDS WERE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED. FOLLOWING IMPLANT SURGERY, THE CONSUMER REPORTED HAVING A FOREIGN BODY SENSATION. READING WAS BETTER WITH THE RIGHT EYE; DISTANCE VISION WAS BETTER WITH THE LEFT EYE. FIVE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE SURGERY, SHE REPORTED HER VISION WAS NOT SHARP, EVEN WITH GOOD LIGHTING. IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING, SHE REPORTED SHADOWS WHICH EVENTUALLY IMPROVED WITH GLASSES. SHE UNDERWENT A LASIK PROCEDURE AND REPORTED THAT EVERYTHING WAS "FUZZY" AFTERWARDS. NEARLY ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, A YAG TREATMENTS WAS PERFORMED, AFTER WHICH SHE REPORTED STARBURSTS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, HER VISUAL ACUITY WAS NOT ANY BETTER AND HER PRESCRIPTION GLASSES WERE NOT AS SHARP. SHE WAS PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS WHICH SHE STATED MADE HER EYES FEEL BAD. AT 17 MONTHS POSTOPERATIVELY, SHE REPORTED DRY EYES WHICH CAUSED HER VISION TO BE BLURRY AND STATED THAT MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED WERE NOT 'DOING THE ENTIRE JOB'. PUNCTUAL PLUGS WERE PLACED BILATERALLY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED. THERE ARE TWO MEDICAL DEVICE REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS EVENT; THIS REPORT IS FOR THE LEFT EYE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ACRYSOF RESTOR INTRAOCULAR LENS MFK ALCON RESEARCH, LTD. / HUNTINGTON SN6AD1 10870297

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Required Intervention