LEGION 71934056Recalls & reported problems
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · LEGION POROUS Hyrdoxyapatite TIBIAL Baseplate SIZE 4 LEFT · Class 2 · Implant
All models of LEGION (446)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00885556143452), received between Mar 10, 2020 and Oct 9, 2025 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Unintended Movement” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K100897, 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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Unintended Movement1
Patient problems
- Arthritis2
- Erosion1
- Injury1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryOct 9, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER A TKA HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2015, PATIENT COMPLAINT OF LEFT KNEE PAIN. PATIENT WAS SEEN IN CLINIC AND FOUND TO HAVE OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE LEFT KNEE IN THE PATELLOFEMORAL ARTICULATION. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS ADDRESSED BY PERFORMING A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2025, DURING WHICH THE LEGION POROUS HA TIBIAL BASE SZ 4 LT WAS EXCHANGED. PATIENT'S OUTCOME WAS RECOVERED.
Patient problems: Arthritis
MAUDE report 23263123 ↗InjuryOct 8, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A TKA SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE A SEVERE PATELLOFEMORAL OSTEOARTHRITIS IN THE LEFT KNEE. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS TREATED BY A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2025, IN WHICH ONE (1) LEGION POROUS HA TIBIAL BASE SZ 4 LT WAS REVISED. THE ADVERSE EVENT WAS RESOLVED. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS IDENTIFIED DURING A CLINICAL STUDY.
Patient problems: Arthritis; Erosion; Pain
MAUDE report 23251605 ↗InjuryMar 10, 2020Unintended Movement; Unintended Movement
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED ASEPTIC LOOSENING ON THE TIBIAL BASEPLATE OF THE LEFT KNEE. THIS WAS NOTICED WHEN THE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGES SHOWED RADIOLUCENCIES ON THAT COMPONENT. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THE COMPLICATION WAS TREATED.
Patient problems: Injury
MAUDE report 9814225 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K100897, K230653. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-2621-2023 · Aug 31, 2023 · Open, Classifiedsmith&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
- ATTUNE 1512-14-050Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER106 reports
- ATTUNE 1504-40-205Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall53 reports
- ATTUNE 1504-40-105Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall46 reports
- ATTUNE 1547-06-001Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall37 reports
- ATTUNE 1513-12-060Depuy (Ireland) · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER72 reports
- Triathlon 5531-G-709-EHowmedica Osteonics Corp. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall19 reports
- Triathlon 5521-B-300Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall19 reports
- Triathlon 5531-G-610-EHowmedica Osteonics Corp. · PROSTHESIS, KNEE, PATELLO/FEMOROTIBIAL, SEMI-CONSTRAINED, UNCEMENTED, POROUS, COATED, POLYMER/METAL/POLYMER1 recall16 reports
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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