Conserve 38AM5235Recalls & reported problems
Microport Orthopedics Inc. · CONSERVE® A-Class® BFH® Femoral Head Long Neck 52mm · Class 2 · Implant
All models of CONSERVE (74)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 5
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 5
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00192629060845), received between Apr 13, 2020 and Oct 3, 2024 — classified as 5 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (2 reports).
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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Insufficient Device Problem Information2
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
- Fracture1
- Material Disintegration1
Patient problems
- Metal Related Pathology3
- No Information1
- Pain1
- Reaction1
Recent adverse event reports
The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 3, 2024Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON RIGHT HIP DUE TO PAIN, A SUBSEQUENT MRI WHICH REVEALED SIGNIFICANT METALLOSIS AS WELL AS PSEUDOTUMOR FOUNDED, THE CAPSULE AND SHORT EXTERNAL ROTATORS WERE NOT ATTACHED TO THE POSTERIOR TROCHANTER, THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT METALLOSIS OF THE TRUNNION OF THE DUAL MODULAR NECK AS WELL AS THE INNER PORTION OF THE HEAD AND AT THE JUNCTION OF THE NECK AND STEM ON BOTH SIDED OF THE TAPER.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology; Pain
MAUDE report 20362519 ↗InjuryJun 7, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ALLEGEDLY, LEFT CUP REVISION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 05/31/2022: THE 52MM METAL HEAD WAS CONVERTED TO A ZIMMERBIOMET 52MM DUAL MOBILITY. WE PRESERVED THE STEM, NECK AND CUP. DR. RUSSO ALSO UTILIZED OUR +3.5MM CERAMIC HEAD. METAL WAS REMOVED DUE TO HIGH METAL IONS IN THE PATIENTS BLOOD TEST.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 14621165 ↗InjuryFeb 25, 2021Fracture; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
ALLEGEDLY THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO TITANIUM MODULAR NECK FRACTURE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 02/18/2021: NEW REVISION SURGERY FINDINGS, ADDING DATE OF INCIDENT. ALLEGEDLY, THE PATIENT HAD PSEUDOTUMOR SECONDARY TO METAL REACTION.
Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology
MAUDE report 11381752 ↗InjuryMay 20, 2020Material Disintegration; Material Disintegration
ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT FELT PAIN, MOM POSSIBLE HIGH METAL ION LEVELS, THE CUP ON FILM APPEARS TO BE VERTICAL AND COULD BE LOOSE, PATIENT CLAIMS THEY HAVE A TASTE OF METAL IN THEIR MOUTH. BIOMET SHELL AND LINER WENT IN WITH MPO HEAD. COMPONENTS NOT REVISED: PYRD0005, LOT 026284371, PROFEMUR RAZ STEM FLARE STD COLLAR NO TAPER SLT LENGTH 146 MM, QTY 1. PHA01202, LOT 106381227, PROFEMUR NECK NEUTRAL SHORT SIZE, QTY 1.
Patient problems: No Information
MAUDE report 10074506 ↗InjuryApr 13, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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