Conserve 38AM5204Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00192629060838), received between Mar 10, 2022 and Mar 10, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Corroded” (1 report).

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMar 10, 2022Corroded; Corroded

  ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PAIN IN OR AROUND HIS LEFT HIP JOINT IN (B)(6) 2019. TESTS FOR COBALT BLOOD LEVELS DRAWN ON (B)(6) 2020, SHOWED AN ELEVATED COBALT LEVEL OF 4.9 IN THE RESULTS RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2020. ON (B)(6) 2020, PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED BY DR. (B)(6) TO HAVE CORROSION/METALLOSIS WRIGHT MEDICAL FEMORAL STEM AND RECOMMENDED A REVISION SURGERY. ON (B)(6) 2020, PATIENT'S LEFT HIP WAS REVISED, RESULTING IN REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE PREVIOUSLY IMPLANTED CONSERVE HIP. THE OPERATIVE NOTE FROM THE (B)(6) 2020, REVISION PROCEDURE REFERENCES: FAILED LEFT TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PSEUDOTUMOR AND METALLOSIS.? IT WAS EVIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT THE LARGE PSEUDOTUMOR, WHICH HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED BY MRI HAD TENTED THE GLUTEUS MAXIMUS. IT MEASURED APPROXIMATELY 4 X 4 CM. IT WAS ATTACHED TO THE LATERAL PROXIMAL TROCHANTER.? SIGNIFICANT NECROTIC CAPSULE AND TISSUE.? CORROSION EXTENDING FROM THE HEAD.?

  Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology; Pain

  MAUDE report 13719745 ↗