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MENTOR TEXAS MENTOR MEMORYSHAPE BREAST IMPLANT; PROSTHESIS, BREAST, NONINFLATABLE, INTERNAL, SILICONE GEL-FILLED
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| Catalog Number |
3541308 |
| Medical Device Problem Code |
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem (2993)
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| Health Effect - Clinical Code |
Breast Cancer (1759)
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| Date of Event |
10/26/2023
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Type of Reportable Event
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Serious Injury
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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At the time of this report, mentor has received no information regarding explantation or an expected explantation date. it is unknown at this time if the device will be made available for return. as a result, no product failure analysis can be conducted, and no determination of possible contributing factors can be made. as such, the investigation will be closed. if the complaint device is received in the future, the investigation will be reopened and conducted as appropriate.A manufacturing record evaluation (mre) was performed, and no anomalies were found related to this complaint.In addition, the mre verifies that the device was manufactured in accordance with documented specification and procedures.Mentor is submitting this report pursuant to the provisions of 21 cfr, part 803. this report may be based on information which mentor has not been able to investigate or verify prior to the required reporting date. this report does not reflect a conclusion by fda, mentor, or its employees that the report constitutes an admission that the device, mentor, or its employees caused or contributed to the potential event described in this report. if certain information is unknown, not available or does not apply, the section/field of the form is left blank.Reason for device explant and/or reoperation: the patient has not undergone explantation or reoperation at this time.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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Event or Problem Description
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It was reported that a patient underwent a breast augmentation surgery with implantation of a 355cc mentor memoryshape breast implant prosthesis.Post-operatively, the patient was diagnosed with left breast cancer.At the time of this report, mentor has received no information regarding explantation or an expected explantation date.Follow-ups are being conducted.If more information becomes available, mentor will submit a supplemental report accordingly.
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On december 22, 2023, mentor was notified that the patient was diagnosed with stage ii/iii invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast involving 2-3 lymph nodes.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On september 04, 2024, mentor was notified that the patient underwent a bilateral mastectomy procedure without any reported breast implant removal.As an event for the contralateral side was reported, another file was generated to document the event.This report is for the left breast prosthesis.Reason for device explant and/or reoperation: breast cancer/mastectomy.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On september 30, 2024, mentor was notified that the patient presented with bilateral breast cancer and as a result, the patient underwent bilateral breast implant removal and double mastectomy on (b)(6) 2024.Since the device has not been returned for analysis, no product failure analysis can be conducted, and no determination of possible contributing factors can be made.As such, the investigation will be closed.If the complaint device is received in the future, the investigation will be reopened and conducted as appropriate.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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Additional Manufacturer Narrative
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On december 12, 2024, mentor received the following additional information: the patient was only diagnosed with left breast cancer.As a result, she underwent double mastectomy and bilateral breast implant removal without replacements.The right mastectomy and breast implant removal were performed as a preventative measure due to the left breast cancer in addition to pathology findings which identified precancerous cells in the right breast.As the mastectomy and explant procedure were performed simultaneously, surgical intervention is no longer applicable to this file for the left breast prosthesis.Manufacturer¿s reference number: (b)(4).
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