Description of Event or Problem · 1
A PHYSICIAN HAS HAD FIVE OCCURRENCES OF INFLAMMATION REACTION ASSOCIATED WITH MODEL U940A UV-ABSORBING HYDROPHILIC, POSTERIOR CHAMBER INTRAOCULAR LENS. TO DATE CO HAS NOT RECEIVED THE PARTICULAR DETAILS RELATING TO THIS SPECIFIC CONTROL NUMBER. MARCH 3, 2000-ADDITIONAL INFO RECEIVED FROM PHYSICIAN. THIS PARTICULAR PT HAD A PHACO CATARACT EXTRACTION, LEFT EYE 1999. THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOPED WHAT THE SURGEON DESCRIBES AS A SEVERE ACUTE CORNEAL DECOMPENSATION 12/10/99; NO SECONDARY SURGERY WAS NECESSARY; THE CORNEA WAS CLEAR 1 DAY POST-OP WITH SOME EDEMA 11/24/99 THAT WENT TO SEVERE EDEMA 12/10/99. DR STATES THAT RELATIVELY LOWER CELL COUNT BUT CLEAR CORNEA POST-OPERTIVE & NORMAL INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE SUGGESTS SURGERY NOT RESPONSIBLE. AT PT'S LAST VISIT 12/15/99 THE VISUAL ACUITY WAS AT 20/400 AND GIVEN A POOR PROGNOSIS AND WAS AWAITING "PKO".