FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

ZYPLAST COLLAGEN IMPLANT

MDR report key: 208278 · Received January 29, 1999

Report

Report Number
2939859-1999-00031
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 29, 1999
Date of Event
December 1, 1998
Report Date
January 11, 1999
Manufacturer
COLLAGEN CORP.
Product Code
LMH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THIS SECOND MDR IS BEING SUBMITTED FOR THE SECOND SUSPECT PRODUCT, ALSO A DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY COLLAGEN CORP. THIS SEPARATE DISTINCT NUMBER IS PROVIDED PER THE FDA'S REQUEST FOR TRACEABILITY PURPOSES. A PATIENT REPORTED SHE WAS SKIN TESTED IN JULY 1998 WITH A NEGATIVE RESULT. SHE RECEIVED TWO TREATMENTS IN AUGUST 1998 AND NOVEMBER 1998 (EXACT DATES UNKNOWN) WITH TWO FORMULATIONS OF COLLAGEN INTO THE NASOLABIAL FOLDS, GLABELLA, PERIORBITAL LINES BY A PHYSICIAN WHOSE NAME WAS REFUSED. IN DECEMBER 1998 (EXACT DATE UNKNOWN) THE PATIENT NOTICED "ARTHRITIC LIKE PAIN" DEVELOPED IN THE LOWER LIMBS. THE PATIENT WAS EXAMINED BY AN ORTHOPEDIST (NAME REFUSED) WHO DIAGNOSED MUSCLE SPASMS. VICODIN WAS PRESCRIBED. THE PATIENT DID NOT INFORM THE ORTHOPEDIST THAT SHE HAD BEEN TREATED WITH COLLAGEN. THE PATIENT HAD SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT ON 15 JANUARY 1999 WITH THE ORTHOPEDIST BECAUSE SYMPTOMS HAD WORSENED. THE PATIENT HAD NOT DECIDED WHETHER TO INFORM THE ORTHOPEDIST THAT SHE HAD BEEN TREATED WITH COLLAGEN. SHE HAD NOT INFORMED THE PHYSICIAN WHO TREATED HER WITH COLLAGEN ABOUT THESE SYMPTOMS. THE PATIENT DENIED ANY LOCAL SYMPTOMS AT THE TREATMENT SITES. THE PATIENT BELIEVED THE SYMPTOMS COULD POSSIBLY RELATED TO THE COLLAGEN.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 ZYPLAST COLLAGEN IMPLANT Implant GAX LMH COLLAGEN CORP. NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 62 YR Required Intervention 2. ESTRADERM PATCH (UNK TO 07/1998),| 3. FELDENE (UNK TO 07/1998),| 1. SYNTHROID (UNK TO 07/1998),| 4. MIACALCIN (UNK TO 07/1998).