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PROFIX 71524220Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PROFIX NON-POROUS TIBIAL BASE LEFT SIZE 2 · Class 2 · Implant

All models of PROFIX (22)

Data updated Oct 16, 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 03596010228925), received between Dec 28, 2022 and Dec 28, 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

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Osteolysis1
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryDec 28, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A PRIMARY LEFT PROFIX TKR SURGERY PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2003, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED LEFT KNEE PAIN FROM SUSPECTED IMPLANT LOOSENING AND QUERY INFECTION. PATIENT REQUIRED A 1 STAGE KNEE REVISION SURGERY, IN WHICH THE SURGEON REMOVED THE FOLLOWING IMPLANTS: PROFIX NON-POR FEM LT SZ4, PRO METAPH TIB STEM 14MM, PRO CONF TB ISRT LT S2 10 AND PRO NON-POR TB BASE LT S2; AND SENT THEM FOR SONIFICATION. THE SURGEON SUSPECTED INFECTION OF THE TIBIAL COMPONENT, OF THE EXPLANTED DEVICES THE TIBIAL COMPONENT AND TIBIAL STEM WERE SUSPECTED TO HAVE A PROBLEM. THE SINGLE STAGE REVISION WAS COMPLETED WITH COMPETITOR SYSTEM: STRYKER. PATIENT CURRENT HEALTH STATUS IS UNKNOWN.

    Patient problems: Osteolysis; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 16062630 ↗

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