Arthrex® AR-8835-10Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00888867047266), received between Aug 21, 2019 and Feb 2, 2024 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryFeb 2, 2024Break; Break

  ON (B)(6) 2024, IT WAS REPORTED BY A SALES REPRESENTATIVE VIA PHONE THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A CLAVICLE FRACTURE PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2023 WHERE AN AR-2652CL CLAVICLE FRACTURE PLATE, AN AR-8835-14 LOW PROFILE SCREW, (2) AR-8835-16 LOW PROFILE SCREWS, AN AR-8835CL-12 KREULOCK COMPRESSION SCREW, (2) AR-8835CL-14 KREULOCK COMPRESSION SCREWS, AN AR-8835-10 LOW PROFILE SCREW, AN AR-7268 FIBERTAPE® CERCLAGE WITH TIGER LINK, AND AN AR-7268T TIGERTAPE® CERCLAGE WITH FIBERLINK WERE IMPLANTED. FIVE WEEKS POST-OP, THE PATIENT REPORTED HEARING OR FEELING A POP. AN X-RAY WAS TAKEN THAT CONFIRMED THAT THE AR-2652CL PLATE HAD BROKEN. ON (B)(6) 2024, A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED WHERE THE IMPLANTED DEVICES WERE REMOVED. THE REVISION WAS COMPLETED USING A DEVICE FROM ANOTHER MANUFACTURER.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 18634587 ↗
• InjuryAug 21, 2019Patient-Device Incompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem; Patient-Device Incompatibility; Patient Device Interaction Problem

  A PATIENT'S RELATIVE HAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN ANKLE ALLOGRAFT PROCEDURE IN (B)(6) 2018. DURING THE SURGERY AN ARTHREX PLATE AND SCREWS WERE IMPLANTED. SINCE THAT SURGERY THE PATIENT DEVELOPED MULTIPLE SYMPTOMS WHICH ARE BELIEVED TO BE AUTO-IMMUNE RELATED. THE PATIENT HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR HAVING A NICKEL ALLERGY. PATIENT'S RELATIVE REPORTS THAT IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IF PATIENT'S IMPLANTS CONTAIN NICKEL THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE THE CAUSE OF HER SYMPTOMS. SURGEON HAS TOLD THEM THE IMPLANTS RECEIVED DURING THE 2018 SURGERY WERE TITANIUM. REPORTER WAS REQUESTING THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION OF THE IMPLANT DEVICES TO DETERMINE IF THERE MAY POSSIBLY BE SOME NICKEL WITHIN THE COMPOSITION THAT COULD BE CAUSING THE PATIENT'S ISSUES. IN ADDITION TO THE AUTO-IMMUNE LIKE SYMPTOMS THE PATIENT'S RELATIVE STATES THAT THE PATIENT'S ANKLE REPAIR SURGERY WILL NEED TO BE REVISED BECAUSE THE REPAIR DID NOT WORK AND SHE IS UNABLE TO WALK OR PUT PRESSURE ON THAT ANKLE. SPECIFIC ARTHREX PART NUMBERS INVOLVED WERE UNKNOWN AT TIME OF INITIAL REPORT. REPORTER WILL OBTAIN AND PROVIDE. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED 07/31/2019: SALES REP HAS OBTAINED AND PROVIDED THE PATIENT IMPLANT PART NUMBERS

  Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Toxicity

  MAUDE report 8916071 ↗