Alumina 17-32-3ERecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 04546540195616), received between Sep 10, 2018 and Jun 6, 2019 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Noise, Audible” (2 reports).

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

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJun 6, 2019Noise, Audible; Noise, Audible

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENTS LEFT HIP WAS REVISED AFTER PATIENT COMPLAINT OF SQUEAKING EVENTUALLY PATIENT COMPLAINT OF A GRINDING NOISE. INTRA-OP AND POST-OP INSPECTIONS FOUND NO FRACTURES, WEAR, OR DAMAGE TO THE CERAMIC HEAD AND LINER. NO CERAMIC DEBRIS WAS NOTED IN THE PATIENT. PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A POLY LINER WITH A CERAMIC HEAD AND SLEEVE.

  Patient problems: Injury

  MAUDE report 8675664 ↗
• InjurySep 10, 2018Noise, Audible; Noise, Audible

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT, "IT WAS REPORTED AS A RESULT OF A FILED LAWSUIT; ON OR ABOUT (B)(6) 2006, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A TOTAL RIGHT HIP ARTHROPLASTY SURGERY AT (B)(6) HOSPITAL IN (B)(6) INVOLVING THE IMPLANTATION OF THE TRIDENT DEVICE. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT, IN (B)(6) OF 2007, THE PATIENT BEGAN EXPERIENCING EXTREME PAIN AND BEGAN HEARING AUDIBLE NOISES INCLUDING SQUEAKING WHICH EMANATED FROM THE LOCATION OF HER RIGHT HIP. IT WAS FURTHER ALLEGED THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE PAIN AND SQUEAKING WHICH DEVELOPED, THE PATIENT HAS EXPERIENCED AND CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE CONSTANT IRRITATION AND DISCOMFORT IN THE LOCATION OF HER RIGHT HIP." UPDATE AS PER MEDICAL RECORDS NOTED "ON (B)(6) 2011 A REVISION OF THE RIGHT TOTAL HIP WAS PERFORMED WITH THE PATIENT COMPLAINING OF PAIN AND SQUEAKING IN THE RIGHT TOTAL HIP."

  Patient problems: Discomfort; Injury; Irritation; Pain

  MAUDE report 7862134 ↗