inforMED
InjuryMTZ

OCU-GUARD

Received Oct 8, 2003

Report 2183620-2003-00021 · MDR key 488973

Device

Generic name

Orbital Implant Wrap

Model number

UNK

Catalog number

*

Lot number

UNK

Product problems

  • Explanted

Patient

76 YR

  • Capsular Contracture
  • Other (for use when an appropriate patient code cannot be identified)
  • Surgical procedure

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

IN 2001, PATIENT UNDERWENT ENUCLEATION PROCEDURE FOLLOWED BY IMPLANTATION OF HYDROXYAPATITE ORBITAL PROSTHESIS IMPLANT ALONG WITH OCU-GUARD ORBITAL IMPLANT WRAP. AT FOUR WEEKS POST-OP PATIENT PRESENTED WITH 8 MM CONJUNCTIVAL MELT OVER OCU-GUARD WRAP. PATIENT UNDERWENT MULTIPLE INTERVENTIONS INCLUDING: CONJECTIVOPLASTY DERMIS GRAFT AND FINALLY REMOVAL OF ORBITAL IMPLANT AT NINE MONTHS POST-OP. PATIENT POST-OP STATUS: EYE SOCKET CONTRACTURE.