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VLP FOOT 72821020SRecalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · VLP 2.7MM PERCUTANEOUS CALCANEUS PLATE LARGE LEFT 62MM STERILE · Class 2 · Implant

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 00885556186862), received between Sep 22, 2021 and Sep 22, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

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

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Pain1
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjurySep 22, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, 4 MONTHS AFTER A PROCEDURE WITH VLP 2.7MM PERC CALC PLT LG LT 62MM STER WAS CONDUCTED TO TREAT A CALCANEUS FRACTURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A DEEP UNSPECIFIED INFECTION AND EXTENSIVE PAIN. THE DEVICES WERE EXPLANTED, BUT IT IS UNKNOWN IF THEY WERE REPLACED WITH ANOTHER PROSTHESIS. 3 MONTHS LATER, THE FRACTURE HEALED COMPLETELY AS SHOWN BY RADIOGRAPHIC CONFIRMATION. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOTICED IN A RETROSPECTIVE POST-MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY (PMCF) WHERE ANONYMIZED DATA SUMMARIZING OUTCOMES WERE GATHERED; THEREFORE, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COLLECT IT.

    Patient problems: Pain; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 12512692 ↗

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