Vanguard® Vivacit-E® VE183642Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 00889024565685), received between Oct 19, 2022 and Oct 19, 2022 — 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 16, 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.

• InjuryOct 19, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO DUE TO PAIN. THE PATIENT ALLEGES THAT THE OPERATING PHYSICIAN STATED THAT THE PATIENT'S IMPLANT HAD SHIFTED AND THE PATIENT REPORTED HAVING A SIMILAR PAIN FROM THEIR LEG TO THEIR ANKLE AND DOWN THEIR LEG AS THEY DID PRIOR TO THE SURGERY. THE PATIENT FURTHER ALLEGED THAT THEIR NEW SURGEON ADVISED THAT THE IMPLANT WAS TOO LARGE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REVISED. THE PATIENT IS SCHEDULED FOR A REVISION SURGERY; HOWEVER, NO REVISION PROCEDURE HAS BEEN REPORTED TO DATE. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 15635499 ↗