Arthrex® AR-8933L-14Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00888867050020), received between Jul 14, 2017 and Jul 14, 2017 — classified as 1 injury.

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

• InjuryJul 14, 2017Break; Detachment Of Device Component

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A LAPIDUS BUNIONECTOMY ON (B)(6) 2015 CEDAR MEDICAL CENTER IN WHICH A PLATE AND 5 SCREWS WERE IMPLANTED IN HER LEFT FOOT. THE PATIENT BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE FOOT PAIN BEGINNING IN THE INCISION AREA AND RADIATING OUTWARD IN (B)(6) 2017. THE PATIENT IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE PLATE AND 5 SCREWS EXPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2017 AS THE BONE HAS FUSED . FOLLOW INVESTIGATION: SURGEON PERFORMED A SECOND SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2017 WHERE HE EXPLANTED THE FOLLOWING DEVICES WHICH HAD BEEN IMPLANTED DURING THE (B)(6) 2015 PROCEDURE: AR-8952TT-03 QTY 1, AR-8933L-14 QTY 2, AR-8933L-12 QTY 2, AR-8933L-24 QTY 1. THE PATIENT ALSO HAD AN AR-8730-34H FULLY THREADED MINI COMPRESSION SCREW FROM THE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE THAT THE SURGEON CHOSE TO LEAVE IN THE PATIENT. DURING THE (B)(6) 2017 SURGERY, THE SURGEON WAS USING A HEXALOBE DRIVER TO REMOVE THE SCREWS AND THE TIP OF THE DRIVER BROKE OFF. THE TIP WAS RETRIEVED WITH FORCEPS AND THE CASE WAS COMPLETED.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 6714789 ↗