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LEGION 71423222Recalls & reported problems

Smith & Nephew, Inc. · LEGION POSTERIOR STABILIZED NONPOROUS FEMORAL SIZE 2 LEFT · Class 2 · Implant

All models of LEGION (446)

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 03596010608338), received between Jun 17, 2022 and Jun 17, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth” (1 report).

4 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K060742, K230653); 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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth1

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJun 17, 2022Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth; Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER A TKA SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2012 THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED LOOSENING OF THE LEGION PS NP FEM SZ 2 LT. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS SOLVED BY A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2022. CURRENT HEALTH STATUS OF PATIENT IS UNKNOWN.

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 14738501 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K060742, K230653. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-2621-2023 · Aug 31, 2023 · Open, Classified
    smith&nephew LEGION OXINUM POSTERIOR STABILIZED NONPOROUS FERMOAL COMPONENT, SIZE 5N, LEFT, NARROW, REF 71421265; knee joint
  • Z-0591-2015 · Nov 4, 2014 · Terminated
    LEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 6, LEFT, REF 71426006, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis Usage:orthopedic.
  • Z-0589-2015 · Nov 4, 2014 · Terminated
    LEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 4, LEFT, REF 71425004, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis Usage:orthopedic.
  • Z-0590-2015 · Nov 4, 2014 · Terminated
    LEGION(TM) COCR CONSTRAINED FEMORAL COMPONENT, SIZE 5, RIGHT, REF 71426005, QTY 1, Smith & Nephew, knee prosthesis Usage:orthopedic.

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