Description of Event or Problem · 1
PT HAD TEFLON TMJ IMPLANT PLACED IN LEFT TMJ 6/18/85. DURING PAST YEAR HAS EXPERIENCED PAIN, INTERMITTENT SWELLING, AND DEVIATION TO LEFT SIDE. IMPLANT REMOVED 11/17/93. PATHOLOGY REVIEW FOUND FOREIGN BODY GRANULOMA AND FIBROSIS.DEVICE LABELED FOR SINGLE USE. PATIENT MEDICAL STATUS PRIOR TO EVENT: SATISFACTORY CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT MULTIPLE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT.INVALID DATA - ON DEVICE SERVICE/MAINTENANCE. NO DATA - REGARDING DATE LAST SERVICED. SERVICE PROVIDED BY: INVALID DATA. INVALID DATA - SERVICE RECORDS AVAILABILITY.NO IMMINENT HAZARD TO PUBLIC HEALTH CLAIMED. DEVICE USED AS LABELED/INTENDED.DEVICE WAS EVALUATED AFTER THE EVENT. METHOD OF EVALUATION: ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WAS EVALUATED, VISUAL EXAMINATION. RESULTS OF EVALUATION: NONE OR UNKNOWN, OTHER, UNANTICIPATED ADVERSE REACTION - LONG TERM. CONCLUSION: NONE OR UNKNOWN. CERTAINTY OF DEVICE AS CAUSE OF OR CONTRIBUTOR TO EVENT: YES. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: OTHER. THE DEVICE WAS NOT DESTROYED/DISPOSED OF.