inforMED
InjuryOOD

GALAFLEX

Received Feb 4, 2025 · Event occurred Jan 28, 2025

Report MW5165621 · MDR key 21305802

Device

Generic name

Surgical Film

Manufacturer

Unk

Patient

NA · Unknown

  • Discomfort
  • Hyperresponsive to stimuli
  • Discomfort
  • Hyperresponsive to stimuli

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

ALLEGED EVENT: ON (B)(6) 2025, PMQA RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM (B)(6) WITH DR. (B)(6) OFFICE REPORTING ADVERSE EVENTS FOR THE CURRENT SET OF IMPLANTS ((B)(6).) UPON REVIEW THE POST OPERATIVE NOTES FROM (B)(6) 2024 INDICATE: OPERATION PERFORMED: LEFT INFRAMAMMARY FOLD RECONSTRUCTION AND SOFT TISSUE SUPPORT WITH GALAFLEX. (B)(6) 2024: ADDITIONAL NOTES INDICATE: "PT NOTES TENDERNESS ON HER L BREAST RELATED GALAFLEX. IS HAPPY WITH PLACEMENT HOWEVER, IS CONCERNED THAT IF IT DROPS, SHE WILL BE IN THE SAME POSITION WAS IN PREVIOUSLY WITH ASYMMETRY. PT NOTES SHE IS EXPERIENCING SOME TIGHTNESS ON THE R, IS CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPING CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE, SAYS THAT IF SHE INDEED IS DEVELOPING WOULD (LIKE TO DISCUSS CLOSED CAPSULECTOMY IN OFFICE??; (B)(6) 2024: "MILD DISCOMFORT FROM GALAFLEX BUT MANAGEABLE AND WORTH IT FOR RESULTS" EMAIL IS ATTACHED. THIS REPORT REFLECTS INFORMATION RECEIVED BY FDA IN THE FORM OF A NOTIFICATION PER 803.22 (B)(2).