inforMED
InjuryPLL

ORISE GEL

Received Feb 18, 2022 · Event occurred Jan 14, 2022

Report 3005099803-2022-00865 · MDR key 13563905

Device

Generic name

Submucosal Injection Agent

Model number

M00519201

Product problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

Patient

Unknown

  • Scar Tissue
  • Fibrosis
  • Scar Tissue
  • Fibrosis

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED TO BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION THAT A PATIENT WAS INJECTED WITH ORISE GEL IN THE RECTUM DURING A PROCEDURE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. POST-PROCEDURE, SIGNIFICANT TISSUE SCARRING AND FIBROSIS OCCURRED. THE PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THE ORISE IS SCARRING THE TISSUE POST-PROCEDURE. ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT WENT TO SURGERY FOR THEIR DISEASE. DURING THAT ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION PROCEDURE FOR RESECTION OF CANCEROUS LESION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE ORISE GEL HAD HARDENED SO MUCH TISSUE THAT THEY HAD TO "UPGRADE" THE SURGERY TO EXCISE MORE TISSUE THAN ORIGINALLY NEEDED. THE PATIENT WAS NOT ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL BEYOND THE STANDARD OF CARE. FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE, THE PATIENT OUTCOME WAS REPORTED TO BE "FULLY RECOVERED".

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

THE COMPLAINANT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THE SUSPECT DEVICE LOT NUMBER; THEREFORE, THE LOT EXPIRATION AND DEVICE MANUFACTURE DATES ARE UNKNOWN. (B)(4). ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINANT, THE SUSPECT DEVICE IS IMPLANTED AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. IF ANY FURTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, A SUPPLEMENTAL MDR WILL BE FILED.