FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

SURGITEK MAMMARY IMPLANT ROUND

MDR report key: 35124 · Received July 22, 1996

Report

Report Number
35124
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 22, 1996
Date of Event
August 2, 1995
Report Date
May 7, 1996
Manufacturer
MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORP.
Product Code
FTR
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
MN, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT UNDERWENT BILATERAL MASTECTOMY IN 1988 FOR ADENOCARCINOMA. SHE HAS COMPLETED BILATERAL BREAST RECONSTRUCTION. HER INITIAL RECONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLICATED BY PERIPROSTHETIC INFECTION. SHE HAD BILATERAL RECONSTRUCTIVE GEL-FILLED IMPLANTS OF 500 CC ON THE RIGHT AND 550 CC ON THE LEFT. SHE HAS BEEN PLAGUED BY MODEST CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE. PT HAS HAD PROGRESSIVE CAPSULAR CONTRACTION, NOT SEVERE, BUT TO THE POINT THAT IT IS CAUSING DISCOMFORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SURGITEK MAMMARY IMPLANT ROUND Implant MAMMARY IMPLANT ROUND ADJUSTABLE RECON 500/580CC FTR MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORP. * 77662-88B

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 49 YR