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LEGION 71933642Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · LEGION Cruciate Retaining Non Porous NARROW FEMORAL SIZE 5 LEFT · Class 2 · Implant

All models of LEGION (446)

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 00885556063187), received between Jul 14, 2020 and Jul 14, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem” (1 report).

7 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K230653, K951987); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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

  • Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem1

Patient problems

  • No Information1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJul 14, 2020Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem; Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING A TKA SURGERY, THE SURGEON DID NOT FEEL THAT THE IMPLANT WAS ACTUALLY THE REQUIRED ONE, A LEGION CR NP NARROW FEMUR SZ 5 LT, LIKE IT SAID ON THE BOX. IT IS SUSPECTED THAT THE IMPLANT WAS MISS-PACKAGED. THE PROCEDURE WAS FINISHED USING THE SAME DEVICE, WITH NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PATIENT OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN.

    Patient problems: No Information

    MAUDE report 10273494 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K230653, K951987. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-2621-2023 · Aug 31, 2023 · Open, Classified
    smith&nephew LEGION OXINUM POSTERIOR STABILIZED NONPOROUS FERMOAL COMPONENT, SIZE 5N, LEFT, NARROW, REF 71421265; knee joint
  • Z-1418-2022 · Jun 27, 2022 · Terminated
    (1) Genesis II Non-Porous Tibial Baseplate Size 5 Right, Product #71420186. (2) Genesis II Non-Porous Tibial Baseplate Size 4 Left, Product #71420166.
  • Z-2774-2020 · Jul 16, 2020 · Open, Classified
    Tibial knee prosthesis
  • Z-2883-2018 · Aug 1, 2017 · Terminated
    GENESIS II NON-POROUS CRUCIATE RETAINING FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 6 RIGHT, REF 71420026 Knee prosthesis
  • Z-0573-2016 · Nov 9, 2015 · Terminated
    Smith & Nephew GENESIS(R) II/LEGION(TM) PATELLAR COMPONENT, RESURFACING ROUND, 32MM STANDARD, FOR CEMENTED USE ONLY WITH JOURNEY PEG, STERILE EO, Rx only, REF Number: 71934490 kn
  • Z-0130-2014 · Oct 7, 2013 · Terminated
    GENESIS(R) II, NON-POROUS TIBIAL BASE, SIZE 5, LEFT, QTY: (1), REF 71420168. Product Usage: orthopaedic
  • Z-0131-2014 · Oct 7, 2013 · Terminated
    GENESIS(R) II, NON-POROUS TIBIAL BASE, SIZE 6, RIGHT, QTY: (1), REF 71420188. Product Usage: orthopaedic

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