InjuryMDA
SILASTIC SHEETING
Received Aug 23, 2013 · Event occurred Aug 22, 2013
Report MW5031621 · MDR key 3314127
Device
Generic name
Silastic Sheeting
Manufacturer
Dow CorningProduct problems
- Material Fragmentation
Patient
Not reported
- Dysphagia/ Odynophagia
- Headache
- Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction
- Neurological Deficit/Dysfunction
- Pain
- Renal Failure
- Physical Entrapment
- Disability
- No Code Available
Narrative
Description of Event or Problem
HAD TEMPORARY SILASTIC SHEETING IMPLANTED IN TMJ JOINTS IN 2004. THE SILASTIC HAS FRAGMENTED AND DISCS ARE FAILING. ORAL SURGEON WHO IMPLANTED TEMPORARY SHEETING DECIDED NOT TO REMOVE IT, SO IT IS STILL IN TODAY. DEVELOPED OSTEOCHONDROMA (TUMOR) ON LEFT SIDE OF THE JOINT. ALSO SUFFERING FROM SWALLOWING ISSUES, NODULES IN LUNGS, CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY, SEVERE MIGRAINES, SKULL PAIN, MOVEMENT DISORDERS, NERVE IMPINGEMENT ISSUES, KIDNEY FAILURE AND BALANCE PROBLEMS. ON DISABILITY DUE TOT ALL OF THESE MEDICAL ISSUES