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ECHELON 71345516Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · ECHELON 260MM POROUS BOWED FEMORAL COMPONENT STANDARD COLLAR WITH HYDROXYAPATITE SIZE 16 RIGHT · Class 2 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00885556024126), received between Jun 2, 2019 and Jun 2, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loose or Intermittent Connection” (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

Device problems

  • Loose or Intermittent Connection1

Patient problems

  • Injury1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJun 2, 2019Loose or Intermittent Connection; Loose or Intermittent Connection

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY CAUSED BY INFECTION, WHEN REVIEWED X-RAYS, IT WAS NOTED THAT INSITU ECHELON STEM HAD SUBSIDED WITH RADIO LUCENCY AROUND THE STEM. THE STEM WAS FOUND TO BE LOOSE AND WAS REMOVED. THERE WAS MASSIVE BONE LOSS NOTED. SURGEON DECIDED TO IMPLANT A LONG EXETER STEM TO REVISE.

    Patient problems: Injury

    MAUDE report 8661513 ↗

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