Arthrex® AR-9090-10SRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00888867305588), received between Dec 17, 2025 and Dec 17, 2025 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Failure to Advance” (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.

• MalfunctionDec 17, 2025Failure to Advance; Failure to Advance

  ON (B)(6) 2025, IT WAS REPORTED BY AN ARTHREX EMPLOYEE VIA EMAIL THAT FOR AN AR-9090-10S, DUALCOMP HINDFOOT NAIL, 12.5 X 210 MM, THE SURGEON WAS IMPLANTING A DUAL COMPRESSION HINDFOOT NAIL WHILE FOLLOWING THE TECHNICAL GUIDE PRECISELY, THE HIND FOOT NAIL WAS LOADED ONTO THE INSERTION JIG AS PER TECHNIQUE. THE TENSION CABLE WAS LOADED PRECISELY AS PER TECHNICAL GUIDE. THE TENSION SCREWS WERE AT THE MOST PROXIMAL END ON THE TENSION GUIDE. ALL SLACK WAS REMOVED FROM THE TENSION CABLE AS IT WAS INSERTED INTO THE TENSION GUIDE. THE TENSION GUIDE SCREWS WERE TIGHTENED WITH 3 CLICKS OF THE TORQUE LIMITER. THE HIND FOOT NAIL WAS INSERTED INTO THE PATIENT. THE MOST DISTAL CALCANEAL SCREW WAS INSERTED SUCCESSFULLY. THE MOST DISTAL TIBIAL SCREW WAS INSERTED SUCCESSFULLY. THE SURGEON USED THE T HANDLE TO TENSION THE NITINOL CORE OF THE NAIL. THIS WAS TIGHTENED UNTIL IT HIT A HARD STOP. THE SURGEON THEN DRILLED FOR THE PROXIMAL CALCANEAL SCREW. THE DRILL WOULD NOT PASS THROUGH THE NAIL BECAUSE THE NITINOL CORE HAD NOT STRETCHED DOWN TO EXPOSE THE NITINOL CORE DRILL HOLE. ON FURTHER LATERAL INSPECTION THE TALUS NAIL HOLE WHICH SHOULD BE OF AN OVAL OR ELONGATED SHAPE IF THE NITINOL CORE HAD CORRE

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 23829165 ↗