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ANTHOLOGY 71357111Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · ANTHOLOGY HIGH OFFSET POROUS PLUS HYDROXYAPATITE SIZE 11 · Class 3 · Implant

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

Adverse event reports
3
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
3
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 03596010559661), received between Oct 25, 2022 and Oct 29, 2024 — classified as 3 injuries.

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.

Reports received per month

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Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem3

Patient problems

  • Bone Fracture(s)3
  • Pain2
  • Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
  • Malunion of Bone1
  • Periprosthetic fracture1

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryOct 29, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A THR SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2016, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A PERIPROSTHETIC HIP FRACTURE. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS RESOLVED BY A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024, WHERE THE ANTHOLOGY STEM, FEMORAL HEAD, AND LINER OF THE R3 CUP WERE REMOVED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THE MOMENT.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Periprosthetic fracture

    MAUDE report 20556026 ↗
  • InjuryOct 25, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, FOLLOWING A REVISION SURGERY ON A METAL-ON-METAL THA PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT¿S RIGHT HIP ON (B)(6) 2021 DUE TO SEVERE PAIN AND ELEVATED METAL ION LEVELS IN BLOOD, THE PATIENT PRESENTED TO THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT WITH RIGHT HIP PAIN. A RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT OF THE RIGHT HIP ON (B)(6) 2021 REVEALED ACUTE FRACTURES SEEN TO THE RIGHT GREATER TROCHANTER WITH FRACTURE LINES COMING TO ABUT THE FEMORAL COMPONENT OF THE PROSTHESIS. A DEFORMITY OF THE PROXIMAL FEMUR WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED FROM A REMOTE TRAUMA. ADDITIONAL DETAILS RELATED TO THE PATIENT¿S CLINICAL COURSE ARE UNKNOWN.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Pain

    MAUDE report 15665759 ↗
  • InjuryOct 25, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A BHR-THA HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT¿S RIGHT HIP ON (B)(6) 2009, THE PATIENT TURNED IN HIS KITCHEN, HIS LEFT FOOT DRAGGED AND SUDDENLY LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ONTO HIS RIGHT SIDE. THE PATIENT SUSTAINED A MINIMALLY DISPLACED RIGHT GREATER TROCHANTERIC HIP FRACTURE ON (B)(6) 2015. THE TREATING SURGEON RECOMMENDED NONOPERATIVE TREATMENT WITH TOE-TOUCH WEIGHTBEARING ON HIS RIGHT LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT ABDUCTION EXERCISE TO HIS RIGHT HIP, BUT THE FRACTURE BECAME MORE DISPLACED WITH A MALUNION DIAGNOSIS AS REVEALED BY RADIOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT ON (B)(6) 2016. ALTHOUGH AN ORIF PROCEDURE WAS DISCUSSED AS A POTENTIAL SOLUTION, THE PATIENT DECLINED THIS OPTION AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH THE CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT. THE FRACTURE EVENTUALLY HEALED AS CONFIRMED BY RADIOGRAPHS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2018.

    Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Bone Fracture(s); Malunion of Bone; Pain

    MAUDE report 15665738 ↗

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