FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MENTOR SILTEX ROUND MODERATE PROFILE

MDR report key: 8182890 · Received December 19, 2018

Report

Report Number
1645337-2018-07481
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 19, 2018
Date of Event
November 27, 2018
Report Date
November 29, 2018
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FWM
UDI-DI
00081317001782
PMA / PMN Number
P990075
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
OR, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 0

ON 1/9/2019, THE MENTOR FAILURE ANALYSIS LAB RECEIVED THE DEVICE FOR EVALUATION. DEVICE EVALUATION SUMMARY: UPON RECEIPT BY MENTOR, TWO DEVICES WERE RETURNED. BOTH DEVICES RETURNED WITHOUT FLUID. YELLOW MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED ON BOTH. NO FOREIGN MATERIAL WAS OBSERVED ON THE SHELL SURFACES. ON DEVICE A, MENTOR PRODUCT ANALYSIS LAB DISCOVERED A RENT MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 0.4 CM ON THE ANTERIOR ASPECT. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED. NO EVIDENCE OF INSTRUMENT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE DISCOVERED. ON THE OTHER HAND, DEVICE B PRESENTED A RENT MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 1.2 CM ON THE ANTERIOR ASPECT. MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION WAS PERFORMED. NO EVIDENCE OF INSTRUMENT DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. NO OTHER ANOMALIES WERE DISCOVERED. THE COMPLAINT WAS CONFIRMED SINCE A RUPTURE WAS FOUND ON THE DEVICE. HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF SUCH DAMAGE OR THE ETIOLOGY OF THE YELLOW MATERIAL FOUND ON THE DEVICE. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED WITH MANUFACTURING. BREAST IMPLANTS ARE NOT CONSIDERED LIFETIME DEVICES AND DEFLATION IS A KNOWN COMPLICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE DEVICES AND IS REFERENCED IN OUR PRODUCT INSERT DATA SHEET. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

SINCE THE DEVICE HAS NOT BEEN RETURNED FOR ANALYSIS, NO PRODUCT FAILURE ANALYSIS CAN BE CONDUCTED, AND NO DETERMINATION OF POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS CAN BE MADE. AS SUCH, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE CLOSED. IF THE COMPLAINT DEVICE IS RECEIVED IN THE FUTURE, THE INVESTIGATION WILL BE REOPENED AND CONDUCTED AS APPROPRIATE. THE DEVICE HISTORY RECORD (DHR) WAS REVIEWED ON (B)(6) 2018, AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND RELATED TO THIS COMPLAINT. IN ADDITION, THE DHR REVIEW VERIFIES THAT THE DEVICE WAS MANUFACTURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOCUMENTED SPECIFICATION AND PROCEDURES. ADDITIONAL CONCOMITANT MEDICAL PRODUCTS: RIGHT MENTOR SILTEX ROUND MODERATE PROFILE 275CC SALINE PROSTHESIS, CATALOG: 3542640, LOT: 132167. (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT A (B)(6) FEMALE PATIENT UNDERWENT PRIMARY BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH MENTOR SILTEX ROUND MODERATE PROFILE SALINE PROSTHESES, 275CC ON THE RIGHT AND 300CC ON THE LEFT. DEFLATION ON THE LEFT BREAST PROSTHESIS WAS DIAGNOSED POST PROCEDURE THROUGH A VISUAL EXAMINATION. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT WITH AN UNSPECIFIED MENTOR SALINE PROSTHESIS ON (B)(6) 2018.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1021723 MENTOR SILTEX ROUND MODERATE PROFILE PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM MENTOR TEXAS 134753 00081317001782

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 59 YR Required Intervention