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Piccolo Composite Nailing System Proximal Femur Nail (REF PPFR114005)Recalls & reported problems

Carbofix Orthopedics Ltd · Nail indicated for the treatment of stable and unstable proximal femur fractures (pertrochanteric, intertrochanteric, high subtrochanteric fractures, and combinations of these fractures), including, fractures resulting from trauma, nonunions, malunions, pathological fractures, impending pathological fractures, tumor resections, and revision procedures. · 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 07290110205478), received between Nov 18, 2019 and Nov 18, 2019 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Fracture” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K151010, K153536); 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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Fracture1

Patient problems

  • Hip Fracture1
  • 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.

  • InjuryNov 18, 2019Fracture; Fracture

    PROXIMAL FEMUR NAIL WAS IMPLANTED TO TREAT A HIGH SUB-TROCHANTERIC FRACTURE. APPROXIMATELY 12 WEEKS POST-OPERATION, NAIL BROKE AND WAS REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT NAIL ALONG WITH BUTTRESS PLATE.

    Patient problems: Hip Fracture; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 9334937 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K151010, K153536. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-1991-2016 · May 10, 2016 · Terminated
    Piccolo Composite Tibia and Femoral Nailing Systems - Ball Tip Guide Wire for fixation of fractures that occur in and between the proximal and distal third of the long bones being

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