VLP FOOT 71101502Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 03596010626745), received between Feb 19, 2024 and Feb 19, 2024 — classified as 1 injury.

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

Recent adverse event reports

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

• InjuryFeb 19, 2024Fracture; Use of Device Problem; Fracture; Use of Device Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING OPEN FRACTURE REDUCTION, IT WAS NOTICED THAT ONE (1) 1.6MM DRILL TIP WIRE 150MM WAS USED TO REDUCE THE FRACTURE AND USE IT AS A GUIDE TO PLACE 2.7MM CORTICAL SCREWS OF THE VLP FOOT SYSTEM, AT THE MOMENT OF TRYING TO REDUCE THE FRACTURE, AN EXAGGERATED MOVEMENT WAS MADE OVERLOADING THE PIN AND IT BROKE AND REMAINED INSIDE THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS RESUMED, AFTER A NON-SIGNIFICANT DELAY, WITH A S+N BACK-UP DEVICE. PATIENT WAS NOT INJURED AS CONSEQUENCE OF THIS PROBLEM.

  Patient problems: Foreign Body In Patient

  MAUDE report 18730845 ↗