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LEGION 71425207Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · LEGION POROUS CRUCIATE RETAINING HYRDROXYAPATITE FEMORAL SIZE 7 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 00885556108550), received between Feb 21, 2025 and Feb 21, 2025 — classified as 1 injury.

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K091543, K230653); 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.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 0 reportsDec 2023: 0 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 0 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 0 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 0 reportsDec 2024: 0 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 1 reportsMar 2025: 0 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 0 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 0 reportsAug 2025: 0 reportsSep 2025: 0 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 0 reportsMay 2026: 0 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520261
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Medical device site infection1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryFeb 21, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A LEFT TKA SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2023, A STERILE JOINT PUNCTURE WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2024 DUE TO A SUSPECTED INFECTION ON THE LEFT KNEE. THE INFECTION WAS DIAGNOSED ON (B)(6) 2024, AND AN OPEN BIOPSY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2024. FINALLY, ON (B)(6) 2024, THE PATIENT REQUIRED A TOTAL REVISION SURGERY AND LONG-TERM ANTIBIOTICS TO ADDRESS THE ADVERSE EVENT. THE PATIENT IS STILL RECOVERING.

    Patient problems: Medical device site infection

    MAUDE report 21434536 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K091543, K230653. 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

Other PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER devices

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