FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

OPHTHALMIC OPERATING MICROSCOPE

MDR report key: 33725 · Received June 25, 1996

Report

Report Number
MW1009378
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 25, 1996
Date of Event
May 1, 1995
Report Date
December 6, 1995
Manufacturer
CARL ZEISS INC.
Product Code
HRM
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT'S VISION IN THE RIGHT EYE WAS NOTED TO BE EXTREMELY BLURRY AT FIRST POST-OPERATIVE EXAM ON 5/2/95. BY 5/30/95, THERE APPEARED TO BE PIGMENT CHANGES IN THE MACULA WITH THE APPEARANCE OF POSSIBLE RETINAL PHOTOTOXICITY RELATED TO LIGHT EXPOSURE DURING THE CATARACT EXTRACTION. BY 6/27/95, VISUAL ACUITY HAD DROPPED IN THE AFFECTED EYE TO COUNTING FINGERS ONLY. WITH BEST CORRECTION, VISUAL ACUITY IMPROVED TO 20/400-AND HAS REMAINED AT THIS LEVEL. PT WAS REFERRED TO RETINA SPECIALIST ON 7/2/95 WHO PERFORMED FLUOROSCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY WHERE EDEMA WAS NOTED IN THE CENTER OF THE RIGHT MACULA. PT WAS BEGUN ON PRED FORTE AND ACULAR EYE DROPS IN AN EFFORT TO RESOLVE THE EDEMA.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 OPHTHALMIC OPERATING MICROSCOPE OPHTHALMIC OPERATING MICROSCOPE HRM CARL ZEISS INC. 310187 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 78 YR Disability LIGHT SOURCE FOR MICROSCOPE VIKO AV/PHOTO LAMP BUL