BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

    LAP-BAND ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM (UNK SIZE)

    MDR report key: 2125184 · Received May 18, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    2024601-2011-00403
    Event Type
    Injury
    Date Received
    May 18, 2011
    Date of Event
    August 1, 2010
    Report Date
    April 22, 2011
    Manufacturer
    ALLERGAN
    Product Code
    LTI
    PMA / PMN Number
    P000008
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    AS
    Reporter Occupation
    NO INFORMATION

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    TAPER UNKNOWN. MEDWATCH SENT TO FDA ON: (B)(4) 2011. THE REPORTER OF THE COMPLAINT WAS ASKED TO RETURN THE PRODUCT FOR ANALYSIS AS WELL AS INDICATE THE PRODUCT SERIAL NUMBER, DATE OF EVENT, IMPLANT DATE AND EXPLANT DATE. SINCE ALLERGAN HAS NOT YET RECEIVED THIS INFO, THE CONNECTOR TYPE CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED NOR AN ASSUMPTION MADE AS TO THE TYPE OF CONNECTOR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS COMPLAINT. VISUAL EXAMINATION MAY DETERMINE THE CONNECTOR TYPE. MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR FURTHER INFO HAVE BEEN MADE. ALLERGAN HAS RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE AUTHORS. ALLERGAN HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PRODUCT AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE, NO ANALYSIS OR TESTING HAS BEEN DONE. EROSION IS A SURGICAL/PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPLICATION AND ANALYSIS OF DEVICE GENERALLY DOES NOT ASSIST ALLERGAN IN DETERMINING A PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THIS EVENT. DEVICE LABELING ADDRESSES THE REPORTED EVENT OF EROSION AS FOLLOWS: "AS WITH OTHER GASTROPLASTY SURGERIES, PARTICULAR CARE MUST BE TAKEN DURING DISSECTION AND DURING IMPLANTATION OF THE DEVICE TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. ANY DAMAGE TO THE STOMACH DURING THE PROCEDURE MAY RESULT IN EROSION OF THE DEVICE INTO THE GI TRACT." "OVER-DISSECTION OF THE STOMACH DURING PLACEMENT MAY RESULT IN SLIPPAGE OR EROSION OF THE BAND AND REQUIRE REOPERATION." "THERE IS A RISK OF BAND EROSION INTO STOMACH TISSUE. EROSION OF THE BAND INTO STOMACH TISSUE HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH REVISION SURGERY AFTER THE USE OF GASTRIC-IRRITATING MEDICATIONS, AFTER STOMACH DAMAGE AND AFTER EXTENSIVE DISSECTION OR USE OF ELECTROCAUTERY, AND DURING EARLY EXPERIENCE."

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    REPORTED EVENT OF EROSION FROM JOURNAL ARTICLE: "DOES PREGNANCY INCREASE THE NEED FOR REVISIONAL SURGERY AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING?", OBES SURG (2010) DOI 10.1007/S11695-010-0235-7. THIS MEDWATCH REPRESENTS THE 2 PTS WHO EXPERIENCED "EROSION".

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 LAP-BAND ADJUSTABLE GASTRIC BANDING SYSTEM (UNK SIZE) LTI ALLERGAN NA NI

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 NI Required Intervention