FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

S-SPECIAL-COMBINED-M4/TT4/H4.3

MDR report key: 2112395 · Received May 23, 2011

Report

Report Number
2028924-2011-00001
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 23, 2011
Date of Event
February 1, 2011
Report Date
May 23, 2011
Manufacturer
IMPLANTECH ASSOCIATES, INC.
Product Code
LZK
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

METHOD: REVIEWED DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS, STERILIZATION RECORDS, AND PRODUCT LABELING. RESULTS: DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS REVIEW REVEALED NO ASSIGNABLE CAUSE FOR THE REPORTED EVENT. THE STERILIZATION PROCESS WAS WITHIN SPECIFIED PARAMETERS, AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER REPORTS OF INFECTION INVOLVING THIS STERILE LOT. (TOTAL OF 125 PRODUCTS.) PRODUCT LABELING ADDRESSES THE POSSIBILITY OF INFECTION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PHYSICIAN REPORTED THAT PT INDICATED THAT SWELLING OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER SURGERY. ON (B)(6) 2011, SWELLING WAS ASPIRATED, AND THE FLUID SUBMITTED FOR CULTURE. ULTIMATELY, MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE WAS IDENTIFIED. PT HAS BEEN TREATED WITH ORAL CIPRO AND VIOXIN. THE SWELLING RESPONDS TO THIS INTERVENTION AND PT HAS NOT REFLARED YET AFTER LAST TIME. SURGERY TO EXPLANT THE DEVICE IS NOT PLANNED, BUT IT MAY BE NEEDED IF INFECTION DOES NOT RESOLVE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 S-SPECIAL-COMBINED-M4/TT4/H4.3 MALAR IMPLANT LZK IMPLANTECH ASSOCIATES, INC. NA 838042

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR Required Intervention