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PERI-LOC VLP 71821226Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · PERI-LOC VLP 3.5MM X 26MM LOCKING SCREW SELF TAPPING · Class 2

Data updated Oct 18, 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 03596010607164), received between Oct 11, 2021 and Oct 11, 2021 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fitting Problem” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K062216, K210837); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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

Device problems

  • Fitting Problem1

Patient problems

  • Rupture1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryOct 11, 2021Fitting Problem; Fitting Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN INTERNAL FIXATION SURGERY (OSTEOSYNTHESIS OF TIBIAL PLATES), A PERI-LOC VLP 3.5MM X 26MM LCK SCREW S-TS WAS USED AND IT WAS PLACED NORMALLY WHEN IT WAS GOING TO BE LOCKED, THE SCREW INSTEAD OF LOCKING IT WAS ROLLED (NOT ADJUSTED) IN THE PLACED PLATE AND IN NO WAY COULD THE SCREW BE REMOVED, IMMEDIATELY THE SPECIALIST VERIFIED THAT THE TECHNIQUE CARRIED OUT WAS THE CORRECT ONE AND INDEED THEY WERE THE CORRECT STEPS OF THE PLACEMENT OF THE MATERIAL FOR WHICH HE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE SCREW INSIDE THE PLATE. SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITH THE SAME DEVICE, HOWEVER ANOTHER SCREW WAS USED IN ORDER TO GET THE DESIRED FIXATION. THE PLATE SYSTEM WAS CORRECTLY IMPLANTED, AFTER A DELAY LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 30MINS. PATIENT WAS NOT HARMED AS CONSEQUENCE OF THIS PROBLEM.

    Patient problems: Rupture

    MAUDE report 12611770 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K062216, K210837. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-1854-2017 · Mar 9, 2017 · Terminated
    Peri-Loc(R) VLP 3.5 MM X 6 MM SELF-TAPPING CORTEX SCREW, QTY: (1), STERILE R, REF 71801306 Orthopedic

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