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Scorpio 72-13-0908Recalls & reported problems

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Posterior Stabilized Tibial Insert · Class 2 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 16, 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 07613153992592), received between Jul 11, 2018 and Jul 11, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Degraded” (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

Device problems

  • Degraded1

Patient problems

  • Injury1
  • Osteolysis1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryJul 11, 2018Degraded; Degraded

    IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PATIENT TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT VIA TELEPHONE THAT FOLLOWING HIS RIGHT KNEE SURGERY HE BEGAN EXPERIENCING CLICKING, FELT MOVEMENT AND FELT LIKE HIS RIGHT KNEE WAS LOOSE. HE WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2012. UPDATE PER MEDICAL REVIEW: ¿ON (B)(6) 2012 REVISION OF THE RIGHT TOTAL KNEE, FEMUR, AND POLY EXCHANGE WAS PERFORMED FOR A POST-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ASEPTIC LOOSENING WITH OSTEOLYSIS OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT. THE OPERATIVE REPORT DESCRIBES SPINAL ANESTHESIA AND A TOURNIQUET TIME OF FIFTY-FIVE MINUTES. THE OPERATIVE REPORT NOTES, "SYNOVIUM HAD THE LOOK OF OSTEOLYSIS". THE FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS GROSSLY LOOSE AND EASILY REMOVED. THE POLY SHOWED EVIDENCE OF CEMENT ABRASION AND WEAR OF POLY POST. THE FEMORAL CEMENT WAS REMOVED AND THE CANAL WAS PREPARED FOR REVISION COMPONENTS.¿

    Patient problems: Injury; Osteolysis

    MAUDE report 7680527 ↗

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