FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MASTISOL

MDR report key: 8191499 · Received December 20, 2018

Report

Report Number
MW5082509
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
December 20, 2018
Date of Event
August 15, 2017
Report Date
December 19, 2018
Manufacturer
FERNDALE LABORATORIES, INC.
Product Code
KGX
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
WA, US
Reporter Occupation
PATIENT

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

I HAD ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY ON MY RIGHT SHOULDER, 3 INCISIONS. MASTISOL WAS APPLIED AROUND EACH OF THE INCISION SITES. WITHIN 48 HRS, MY INCISIONS WERE ITCHING SO BAD I HAD TO REMOVE THE BANDAGE. EACH OF THE INCISION SITES WERE A MASS OF DRAINING BLISTERS. YOU COULD LITERALLY WATCH THEM FORM AND POP. I KNEW THIS WAS AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO SOMETHING, SO I CLEANED IT UP AS BEST I COULD AND APPLIED SOME 1.5% CORTISONE FOAM TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THE SEVERE ITCHING. I SAW THE SURGEON THE FOLLOWING MORNING AND HE WAS SHOCKED BY WHAT HE SAW. HE CHANGED THE DRESSING AND TOLD ME TO CONTINUE USING THE CORTISONE FOAM. AFTER ANOTHER 24 HRS, IT HAD IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY AND TOOK AN ADD'L 3 OR 4 DAYS TO MOSTLY DISAPPEAR. THERE IS NOW A NOTE IN MY RECORDS TO NEVER USE MASTISOL AGAIN. IT IS A LIQUID ADHESIVE TO AID SURGICAL DRESSINGS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1027480 MASTISOL TAPE AND BANDAGE, ADHESIVE KGX FERNDALE LABORATORIES, INC.

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 63 YR