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Gases Used Within Eye To Place Pressure On Detached Retina

FDA adverse event reports and recall history for gases used within eye to place pressure on detached retina (product code LPO), from the public MAUDE/AEMS corpus and the live FDA recall database.

Total reports
504
Deaths
0
Injuries
280
Malfunctions
206

Reports per year

12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 20122026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.

Recent recalls

  • 2003-12-17TerminatedOther

    ISPAN patient bracelet, given to patients post surgery to warn of further use of dinitrogen monoxide

    The firm initiated the recall on 11/18/2003 via letters to all consignees. The letter advises physicians to stop using any patient bracelets (blue color) that contain the word 'stickoxid', destroy all blue bracelets, and identify all patients who had either ISPAN gas administered who may still have a bubble present in the eye.

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