BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

    RADIESSE VOICE

    MDR report key: 2126502 · Received June 10, 2011

    Report

    Report Number
    2135225-2011-00053
    Event Type
    Other
    Date Received
    June 10, 2011
    Report Date
    May 24, 2011
    Manufacturer
    MERZ AESTHETICS (FORMERLY BIOFORM MEDICAL)
    Product Code
    KHJ
    PMA / PMN Number
    K013243
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    MA, US
    Reporter Occupation
    PHYSICIAN

    Narratives

    Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

    NO PT IDENTIFIERS WERE PROVIDED. THE VOCAL FOLD AUGMENTATION WAS PERFORMED BY DR. (B)(6). THE AMOUNT OF RADIESSE VOICE INJECTED, THE INJECTION DATE, THE DATE OF SURGICAL REMOVAL AND THE RADIESSE VOICE LOT USED HAD NOT BEEN PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE. THEREFORE, THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORDS COULD NOT BE REVIEWED. THE PT OUTCOME AFTER THE CAHA WAS REMOVED, WAS NOT PROVIDED IN THE ARTICLE. THE AUTHOR (PHYSICIAN INJECTOR) INDICATES THAT THE PT'S SUPERFICIAL INJECTION WAS TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND NOT A SPECIFIC COMPLICATION OF RADIESSE VOICE.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS REPORTED IN THE JOURNAL: LONG-TERM RESULTS OF CAHA FOR VOCAL FOLD AUGMENTATION, THE LARYNGOSCOPE 121: 313-319, (B)(6) 2011. NINETY PTS (ALL OVER THE AGE OF (B)(6)) WHO HAD BEEN TREATED WITH A TOTAL OF 108 VOCAL FOLD INJECTIONS WITH RADIESSE VOICE INJECTIONS WERE EVALUATED. THREE PTS EXPERIENCED ADVERSE EVENTS, REQUIRING SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE CAHA. THE PT WAS INJECTED WITH RADIESSE VOICE (DATE NOT SPECIFIED); DURING THE INJECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CAHA WAS SUPERFICIAL. ALTHOUGH THIS WAS NOT LIFE-THREATENING, THE SUPERFICIAL INJECTION DID REQUIRE SURGICAL REMOVAL. THE AUTHOR ALSO POINTS OUT THAT THIS COMPLICATION WAS TECHNICAL IN NATURE AND WAS NOT A CAHA-SPECIFIC COMPLICATION. THE SUPERFICIAL INJECTION OF CAHA IN THIS CASE, CAUSED SIGNIFICANT VIBRATORY STIFFNESS AND RESULTANT DYSPHONIA.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 RADIESSE VOICE INJECTABLE IMPLANT KHJ MERZ AESTHETICS (FORMERLY BIOFORM MEDICAL) UNK

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 Required Intervention