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ANTHOLOGY 71357007Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · ANTHOLOGY STANDARD OFFSET POROUS PLUS HYDROXYAPATITE SIZE 7 · Class 3 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
5
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
5
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03596010559500), received between Feb 6, 2018 and Nov 10, 2021 — classified as 5 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem3
  • Fracture1
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information1

Patient problems

  • Injury2
  • Unspecified Infection2
  • Hip Fracture1
  • Impaired Healing1
  • Joint Laxity1
  • Metal Related Pathology1
  • Osteolysis1
  • Subluxation1

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryNov 10, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT AFTER A RIGHT BHR-THA CONSTRUCT WAS IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2008, PLAINTIFF EXPERIENCED CYST FLUID COLLECTION, ABSCESS, SWELLING, ERYTHEMA, POSSIBLE INFECTION, METALLOSIS, PAIN AND ELEVATED COBALT AND CHROMIUM IONS. A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2019 TO TREAT THESE ADVERSE EVENTS. DURING THE SURGERY GRANULOMATOUS CHANGES, CLOUDY FLUID, AND SYNOVITIS WERE NOTED. ALSO, TRUNNION GNOSIS WITH BLACK STAINING OF THE TRUNNION WAS NOTED. THE WHOLE BHR-THA CONSTRUCT WAS REMOVED AND REPLACE WITH NEW COMPONENTS. PLAINTIFF OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN.

    Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology

    MAUDE report 12788390 ↗
  • InjuryNov 23, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO A LOOSE, INFECTED FEMORAL COMPONENT. DURING THIS PROCEDURE THE IMPLANTED LINER WAS REMOVED AND A ANTIBIOTIC SPACER WAS PUT IN PLACE. THE PATIENT THEN UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO A SPACER DISLOCATION (5 OR 6 WEEKS LATER DUE TO TIMEFRAME OF 2-STAGE REVISION). THE WHOLE S&N SET BEING REMOVED AND REPLACED.

    Patient problems: Impaired Healing; Joint Laxity; Osteolysis; Subluxation; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 10884222 ↗
  • InjuryApr 6, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD A RIGHT THR VIA THE POSTERIOR APPROACH USING ANTHOLOGY R3 CONSTRUCT. THE PATIENT PRESENTED LATE-ONSET INFECTION YEARS AFTER SURGERY. DR. DECIDED TO DO THE RIGHT SIDE FIRST STAGE REVISION THR, REMOVAL OF 7 STD OFFSET ANTHOLOGY STEM WAS PERFORMED IN SITU ON (B)(6) 2020 AT (B)(6). FULL SECOND STAGE REVISION WILL BE PERFORMED ONCE INFECTION SUBSIDES.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 9927439 ↗
  • InjuryNov 20, 2018Fracture; Fracture

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO BONE FRACTURE AROUND THE STEM. STEM AND FEMORAL HEAD WERE REPLACED AND FRACTURE WAS FIXED WITH ACCORD CABLE. THE CAUSE OF THIS FRACTURE WAS PATIENT FALL.

    Patient problems: Injury

    MAUDE report 8090468 ↗
  • InjuryFeb 6, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED DUE TO PATIENT FALLING AND PERI PROSTHETIC FRACTURE THAT REQUIRED THE EXPLANTATION OF THIS ITEM.

    Patient problems: Hip Fracture; Injury

    MAUDE report 7246019 ↗

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