GALILEO® TROCHANTERIC NAIL, Ø10mm x 20cm x 130° 1040-200Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00848665014778), received between Sep 11, 2023 and Sep 11, 2023 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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.

• InjurySep 11, 2023Break; Break

  ON 8/16/2023, IT WAS REPORTED BY A SALES REPRESENTATIVE VIA EMAIL THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2023 DUE TO A BROKEN TROCH NAIL. THE LAG SCREW PROTRUDED LATERALLY OUT OF THE NAIL, AND SOME THREAD WE'RE SHEARED OFF THE LAG SCREW. THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2022. NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN REPORTED. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED ON 8/18/2023: BOTH PROCEDURES WERE PERFORMED AT THE SAME FACILITY BUT BY DIFFERENT SURGEONS. THE REVISION SURGERY WAS COMPLETED BY REMOVING THE 1040-200 TROCHANTERIC NAIL, 1192-105 TELESCOPING LAG SCREW LEFT, AND 8001-040 CAPTURED CORTICAL SCREW, AND BY DOING A HIP HEMIARTHROPLASTY. THERE WERE NO ARTHREX PARTS USED IN THE REVISION SURGERY.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 17719546 ↗