Device appears to trigger rejection

Definition

The device appears to elicit undesired response in the patient to the presence of an implanted or invasive device, without inherent device failure, e.g. fibrous encapsulation, or inflammation of the tissue around the device, or extrusion of the device

Also indexed as

Nearby in Patient-device incompatibility

• XE7ZEBiocompatibility
• XE584Inadequacy of device shape or size