Oxford Partial Knee System 159547Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 33 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 05019279785933), received between Feb 11, 2019 and Jan 8, 2026 — classified as 32 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Dislodged or Dislocated” (6 reports).

22 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (P010014); 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

Recent adverse event reports

The 25 most recent of 33 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJan 8, 2026Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Joint Dislocation

  MAUDE report 24001434 ↗
• InjuryJul 31, 2025Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Naturally Worn; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Naturally Worn

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY EIGHT YEARS AND TEN MONTHS POST-IMPLANTATION, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION DUE TO BEARING DISLOCATION AND PAIN. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Pain

  MAUDE report 22676230 ↗
• MalfunctionJan 20, 2025Device Damaged Prior to Receipt by User; Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging; Device Damaged Prior to Receipt by User; Tear, Rip or Hole in Device Packaging

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE AIR-FILLED STERILE PACKAGING WAS NOT IN ORDER. NO PATIENT INVOLVEMENT. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 21189808 ↗
• InjuryJun 4, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Joint effusion; Pain

  MAUDE report 19456810 ↗
• InjuryDec 19, 2023Fracture; Migration; Fracture; Migration

  THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED TO CORRECT G3 IN THE PREVIOUS MEDWATCH REPORT (3002806535-2023-00440). CORRECT G3: NOV 25, 2023.

  Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain; Subluxation; Synovitis

  MAUDE report 18353920 ↗
• InjuryOct 23, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION DUE TO PAIN, LOOSENING, DISLOCATION AND METALLOSIS.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Inadequate Osseointegration; Joint Dislocation; Metal Related Pathology; Pain; Scar Tissue; Synovitis

  MAUDE report 17985180 ↗
• InjuryJun 26, 2023Fracture; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. APPROXIMATELY 19 YEARS LATER A REVISION PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED DUE TO ARTICULAR SURFACE WEAR AND FRACTURE. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 17198176 ↗
• InjuryMay 16, 2023Patient Device Interaction Problem; Patient Device Interaction Problem

  NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 16936964 ↗
• InjuryApr 5, 2023Fracture; Fracture

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO AN IMPLANT FRACTURE, APPROXIMATELY 9 YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Metal Related Pathology; Osteolysis; Pain; Scar Tissue; Tissue Breakdown

  MAUDE report 16681658 ↗
• InjuryJan 27, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 16251646 ↗
• InjuryJan 9, 2023Patient Device Interaction Problem; Patient Device Interaction Problem

  NO FURTHER EVENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 16120144 ↗
• InjuryDec 8, 2022Fracture; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Fracture; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT SIX AND A HALF YEARS POST INITIAL PARTIAL LEFT KNEE REPLACEMENT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO BEARING DISLOCATION AND IMPLANT FRACTURE. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 15938779 ↗
• InjuryNov 7, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED IN A CLINICAL STUDY THAT SEVEN YEARS AFTER INITIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY, A PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN AND INCREASED SWELLING IN THE KNEE. AN ASPIRATION OF THE JOINT WAS PERFORMED (RESULTS NOT PROVIDED). CORTISONE INJECTIONS WERE GIVEN WHICH PROVIDED ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS OF PAIN RELIEF. ADDITIONALLY, AN INJECTION OF PLATELET RICH PLASMA WAS ALSO GIVEN. NO REVISION HAS BEEN NOTED TO DATE. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS EVENT; TO DATE NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Pain; Swelling/ Edema

  MAUDE report 15741917 ↗
• InjuryOct 10, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL OXFORD UNI PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. APPROXIMATELY 8 MONTHS LATER, A REVISION WAS PERFORMED DUE TO IMPLANT DISLOCATION. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR PRODUCT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 15574226 ↗
• InjuryJul 18, 2022Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

  IT WAS REPORTED, THAT THE PATIENT SUFFERED A BEARING DISLOCATION. A LIDOCAINE INJECTION WAS ADMINISTERED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Joint Dislocation; Pain; Swelling/ Edema

  MAUDE report 15037550 ↗
• InjuryJun 29, 2022Unstable; Unstable

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY AND APPROXIMATELY TWO (2) YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION IS STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN AND INSTABILITY. DUE DILIGENCE IS IN PROGRESS FOR THIS COMPLAINT; TO DATE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 14849593 ↗
• InjuryJun 17, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED IN A CLINICAL STUDY THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED PAINFUL PES ANSERINUS BURSA ON THE LEFT KNEE APPROXIMATELY SEVEN YEARS POST-IMPLANTATION. PATIENT IS BEING TREATED WITH NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS. NO REVISION OR FURTHER OUTCOME REPORTED. ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 14730861 ↗
• InjuryApr 29, 2022Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Manufacturing, Packaging or Shipping Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT: A REVISION TOOK PLACE TO REMOVE THE IMPLANT BECAUSE THE REFERENCE INDICATED ON THE PACKAGE LABEL IS THE WRONG REFERENCE; THE REFERENCE WAS FOR SIZE 3M, WHEREAS ON THE IMPLANT IT IS INDICATED SIZE 3L (THE LOT NUMBER ON THE LABEL AND ENGRAVED ON THE IMPLANT IS THE SAME).

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 14248686 ↗
• InjuryJan 13, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS A REVISION DUE TO PAIN.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 13248191 ↗
• InjuryDec 8, 2021Break; Fracture; Material Integrity Problem; Break; Fracture; Material Integrity Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED, THAT: A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6), 2003. SUBSEQUENTLY, A REVISION PROCEDURE DUE TO FRACTURED OXFORD BEARING DUE TO WEAR WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6), 2021. PATIENT INVOLVEMENT - REVISION.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 12959364 ↗
• InjuryNov 29, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2020. SUBSEQUENTLY, A REVISION PROCEDURE DUE TO UNKNOWN REASON WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 12881093 ↗
• InjuryAug 3, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2011. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE SURGEON REPORTED MINIMAL SWELLING OF THE IPSILATERAL KNEE AFTER PARTIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY WITH A TINBN-COATED IMPLANT WHICH ONSET ON (B)(6) 2019. SURGEON CATEGORIZED THE EVENT AS AN ADVERSE EVENT, WITH UNCERTAIN RELATION TO THE DEVICE AND PROBABLY RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE. PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH ICING THE KNEE AND CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT. SWELLING IS NOW NOT PERSISTENT ANYMORE.

  Patient problems: Swelling/ Edema

  MAUDE report 12266974 ↗
• InjuryJul 22, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A LEFT INITIAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2021. SUBSEQUENTLY, OXFORD SIZE MEDIUM 3MM BEARING WAS EXCHANGED DURING INCISION AND DRAINAGE (I&D) FOR INFECTION ON (B)(6) 2021.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 12210427 ↗
• InjuryMar 11, 2021Mechanical Problem; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Unintended Movement; Mechanical Problem; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Unintended Movement

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT HAD AN INITIAL SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2016, WITH AN OXFORD KNEE. SUBSEQUENTLY, A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2021, BECAUSE THE POLY INSERT HAD BECAME DISPLACED. THE DISPLACED INSERT WAS REMOVED AND A NEW, 1MM THICKER, POLY INSERT WAS PUT IN.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 11463316 ↗
• InjuryDec 11, 2020Patient Device Interaction Problem; Patient Device Interaction Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT AN INITIAL LEFT KNEE ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2017. SUBSEQUENTLY, A REVISION PROCEDURE DUE TO PAIN WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2020.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 10990148 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under P010014. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1165-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size C Oxford Partial Knee System Left Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size C
• Z-1170-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Phase 3 Shim Size 1 Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1172-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Phase 3 Tibial Template Left Medial Size C Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1155-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Phase 3 Tibial Template Right Medial Size A Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1153-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Femoral Slap Hammer Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1173-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Phase 3 Tibial Template Right Medial Size C Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1160-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size E Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1154-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Phase 3 Tibial Impactor Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1152-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Knee System Tibial Resector Body Tube & Guides Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1164-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size C Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1159-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Left Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size A Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1163-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Left Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size D Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1162-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size D Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1158-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Partial Knee System Right Medial Tibial Trial Tray Size A Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System
• Z-1169-2017 · Jan 5, 2016 · Terminated
  Oxford Unicompartmental Knee Phase 3 Shim Size 2 Product Usage: Instruments for use with the Oxford Uni Partial Knee System

…and 7 more.