FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN GEL IMPLANTS

MDR report key: 8177215 · Received December 18, 2018

Report

Report Number
1645337-2018-07438
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 18, 2018
Date of Event
January 1, 2018
Report Date
November 26, 2018
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FTR
PMA / PMN Number
P030053
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON 12/19/2018, MENTOR RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT: IT WAS INITIALLY REPORTED THAT THE DATE OF EVENT IS (B)(6) 2018, THE SAME DATE AS THE EXPLANTATION OF THE SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICES. NEW INFORMATION STATES THAT THE PATIENT HAD A BILATERAL MAMMOGRAM THAT SHOWED RIGHT IMPLANT RUPTURE AND THAT PATIENT WAS 74 AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. DATE OF EVENT HAS BEEN CHANGED TO ESTIMATE OF (B)(6) 2018. THE PATIENT¿S DATE OF BIRTH IS 11/19/1943. SHE WAS 74 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT. THE PROCEDURE FOR THE SUSPECT MEDICAL DEVICES WAS A BREAST AUGMENTATION REVISION. IT WAS REPORTED THAT IMPLANTATION HAPPENED IN THE 1980S. DATE OF IMPLANTATION HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO BE (B)(6)1980. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE COMPLAINT DEVICE HAS BEEN DISCARDED. AS A RESULT, NO PRODUCT FAILURE ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED, AND DEVICE MALFUNCTION CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. SINCE NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED, NO DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) REVIEW COULD BE PERFORMED. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WHO HAD UNKNOWN MENTOR GEL PROSTHESES IMPLANTED EXPERIENCED BILATERAL RUPTURE OF THE BREAST PROSTHESES. THE DETAILS OF THE RUPTURE ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT BILATERAL REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT MENTOR MEMORYGEL BREAST IMPLANT 275CC GEL PROSTHESES ON (B)(6) 2018; CATALOG # 3502754BC, S/NS: (B)(4) (L) AND (B)(4) (R). THIS REPORT IS FOR THE LEFT BREAST PROSTHESIS. SEE MANUFACTURER REPORT NUMBER 1645337-2018-07439 FOR THE CONTRALATERAL PROSTHESIS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1014488 UNKNOWN GEL IMPLANTS PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED FTR MENTOR TEXAS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 74 YR Required Intervention