FDA Adverse Event Summary report: N

ALP

MDR report key: 2053645 · Received April 5, 2011

Report

Report Number
2053645
Date Received
April 5, 2011
Date of Event
February 11, 2011
Report Date
April 5, 2011
Manufacturer
HEALTHCARE SERVICE AND SUPPLY
Product Code
JOW
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
TN, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PATIENT WAS UNDERGOING OUTPATIENT (TYMPANOPLASTY) PROCEDURE. THE COMPRESSION UNIT HAD BEEN APPLIED. UPON AWAKENING, THE PATIENT COMPLAINED OF SEVERE RIGHT LEG PAIN. AN X-RAY OF THE RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY WAS NORMAL. FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE EXTREMITY DID REVEAL SOME SWELLING. THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION AND PROGRESSION OF SWELLING RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR A RETURN TO SURGERY FOR A FASCIOTOMY OF THE RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY. THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED ON POST OP DAY THREE AND DID REQUIRE OUTPATIENT PHYSICAL THERAPY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ALP COMPRESSION UNIT JOW HEALTHCARE SERVICE AND SUPPLY * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 38 YR