FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

UNKNOWN SALINE IMPLANTS SMOOTH

MDR report key: 9829695 · Received March 13, 2020

Report

Report Number
1645337-2020-04153
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 13, 2020
Date of Event
October 16, 2018
Report Date
February 19, 2020
Manufacturer
MENTOR TEXAS
Product Code
FWM
PMA / PMN Number
P990075
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
MD, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

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. SINCE NO LOT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED, NO MANUFACTURING RECORD EVALUATION COULD BE PERFORMED. REASON FOR DEVICE EXPLANT AND/OR REOPERATION: AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER AND CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE. MANUFACTURER¿S REFERENCE NUMBER: (B)(4).

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED (VIA FDA MEDWATCH 5092375), THAT A FEMALE PATIENT UNDERWENT BREAST AUGMENTATION WITH UNSPECIFIED SALINE MENTOR SMOOTH BREAST IMPLANTS AND EXPERIENCED SEVERAL UNEXPLAINED SYSTEMIC SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING NUMBNESS IN ARMS, NUMBNESS IN LEGS, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, FATIGUE, HAIR LOSS, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, CHEST PAIN, CHILLS, CHRONIC PAIN, HEADACHES, RASH, HORMONAL CONCERNS, NEUROLOGICAL DISTURBANCES, PROBLEMS SLEEPING, SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT AND SUN, INFLAMMATION AND BILATERAL CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE. NO DEVICE ISSUE SUCH AS RUPTURE WAS REPORTED. THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE PATIENT¿S SYMPTOMS IS UNCLEAR. AS A RESULT, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT BILATERAL DEVICE REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2020. THIS REPORT IS FOR THE PATIENT'S RIGHT-SIDED DEVICE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
295001 UNKNOWN SALINE IMPLANTS SMOOTH PROSTHESIS, BREAST, INFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SALINE FWM MENTOR TEXAS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 28 YR Required Intervention