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Piccolo Composite Plate System Distal Femur Plate (REF DFERN1810)Recalls & reported problems

Carbofix Orthopedics Ltd · A plate inindicated for buttressing multifragmentary distal femur fractures including supra-condylar, intra-articular and extraarticular condylar fractures, periprosthetic fractures, fractures in normal or osteopenic bone, nonunions and malunions. · Class 2 · Implant

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 07290109335247), received between Aug 9, 2020 and Aug 9, 2020 — 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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Fracture1

Patient problems

  • Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryAug 9, 2020Fracture; Fracture

    A DISTAL FEMUR PLATE WAS IMPLANTED (IN (B)(6)), TO TREAT A PERIPROSTHETIC COMMINUTED FRACTURE IN A (B)(6)-YEAR OLD PATIENT. APPROXIMATELY 7.5 MONTHS AFTER IMPLANTATION, THE PLATE BROKE DURING A PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT. THE PLATE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED.

    Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 10383121 ↗

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