FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

CHIRON VISION

MDR report key: 218169 · Received April 7, 1999

Report

Report Number
MW1016089
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
April 7, 1999
Date of Event
March 11, 1999
Report Date
March 30, 1999
Manufacturer
CHIRON VISION CORP.
Product Code
HQL
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
PA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT HAD AN UNCOMPLICATED PHACOEMULSIFICATION WITH POSTERIOR CHAMBER LENS IMPLANTATION ON 03/11/99. ONE WEEK POST SURGERY HE WAS FOUND TO HAVE EXCESSIVE MYOPIA IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A REFRACTION OF -4.00 SPHERE, +2.00 CYLINDER, AXIS 105. THE PT IS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS AMOUNT OF MYOPIA. THE "A-SCAN" AXIAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND REPEATED. THE KERATOMETRY HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND COMPLETED. THERE IS ESSENTIALLY NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE PREVIOUS MEASUREMENTS. THE DOCTOR SUSPECTS THAT THE IOL MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN ERROR FROM THE MFR, BUT THERE IS NO PRACTICAL WAY TO DETERMINE THIS AT THIS POINT. HE HAS BEEN RE-IMPLANTED WITH A SLIGHTLY WEAKER IOL IN ORDER TO IMPROVE HIS REFRACTIVE SITUATION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 CHIRON VISION Implant INTRAOCULAR LENS HQL CHIRON VISION CORP. LI61U 9828511043

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 67 YR Hospitalization| R