Healthcare professional reported right side "blister", and exposure of a seri surgical scaffold.Device was originally placed (b)(6) 2013 to support 2-stage mastectomy reconstruction.The patient had a permanent breast implant placed (b)(6) 2014, and nipple reconstruction (b)(6) 2014.Patient presented with the "blister" on (b)(6) 2015, and was treated with bactrim and bactroban.The blister subsequently opened exposing the seri device.The site was debrided.The device remains implanted and no further treatment was planned.
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The events of "blister and exposure are physiological complications, and analysis of the device generally does not assist allergan in determining a probable cause for these events.These events are being reported because medical intervention was required, although device-relatedness has not been established.
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