FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

REFRACTEC

MDR report key: 564382 · Received November 30, 2004

Report

Report Number
MW1034206
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 30, 2004
Date of Event
January 29, 2004
Report Date
November 30, 2004
Manufacturer
UNK
Product Code
HQR
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT AHD CONDUCTIVE KERATOPLASTY DONE AT THE EYE CARE CENTER. IT CREATED AN ASTIGMATISM IN LEFT EYE THAT WAS LATER TREATED BY LASEK. BEFORE PT HAD20/20 VISION IN THAT EYE. NOW PT CANNOT SEE WITHOUT A SOFT CONTACT LENS AND GLASSES BOTH AT TIMES. WITHOUT CORRECTION PT CAN'T DRIVE AT NIGHT AND HAS SEVERE HEADACHES. DR TELLS PT THAT THEIR EYE ARE FINE AND THAT PT JUST NEEDS TO ADJUST TO THE BLENDED MONOVISION. PT FINDS IT STRANGE THEY DIDN'T TELL THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM THAT THEY AND THE REFRACTEC MACHINE CAUSED FOR OVER SEVEN WEEKS. PT IS RETIRING FROM THEIR POSITION BECAUSE I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE WITH BLURRED VISION AND HALOS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 REFRACTEC CK PROCEDURE DEVICE HQR UNK * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 53 YR Required Intervention| S