IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT FUNNEL BREAST SURGERY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE AND SUTURE WAS USED AS FIXATION FOR THE IMPLANT. POST OPERATIVELY THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A MASSIVE WOUND INFECTION WHICH RESULTED IN ANOTHER SURGERY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED.
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(B)(4). THE PRODUCT UPON WHICH THIS MEDWATCH IS BASED IS ANTICIPATED. ONCE THE PRODUCT IS RECEIVED, ANY FURTHER INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE EVALUATION WILL BE SUBMITTED IN A SUPPLEMENTAL 3500A FORM. IN ADDITION, A REVIEW OF THE BATCH MANUFACTURING RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED AND THE BATCH MET ALL FINISHED GOODS RELEASE CRITERIA. THIS IS ONE OF TWO MEDWATCHES BEING SUBMITTED AS TWO DEVICES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS EVENT. SEE MEDWATCH 2210968-2013-03896. THE SAME PATIENT IS REPRESENTED IN EACH MEDWATCH.
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(B)(4): REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES FROM THE SAME LOT NUMBER AS THE ACTUAL DEVICE WERE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION. PACKAGING INTEGRITY TESTING MET THE REQUIREMENTS.