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Trident 65C-3254Recalls & reported problems

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Polyethylene Acetabular Cup · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Trident (160)

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 07613327024234), received between Apr 1, 2020 and Apr 1, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (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

  • Insufficient Device Problem Information1

Patient problems

  • Inflammation1
  • Injury1
  • Reaction1
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryApr 1, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    THIS PI IS FOR REVISION 1 ON 2015. IT WAS REPORTED THROUGH A MEDWATCH REPORT (MW5092862) "ON 2005, HE UNDERWENT A COMPLEX LEFT HIP TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH REMOVAL OF EXISTING ACETABULAR HARDWARE, WHICH HAD BEEN PLACED FOR A SEVERE ACETABULAR FRACTURE POST MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN 2004. HIS ACETABULAR FRACTURE WAS COMPLICATED BY RADIATION-RELATED WOUND NECROSIS AND ENTEROCOCCUS DEEP INFECTION AND ALSO BY PERSISTENT PERONEAL NERVE AND HIP ABDUCTOR PALSIES. DUE TO HISTORY OF INFECTION, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THE ACETABULAR FIXATION HARDWARE AND TO USE CEMENTED COMPONENTS WITH ANTIBIOTIC LOADED CEMENT. THE IMPLANT USED WAS A HIP PROSTHESIS, CEMENTED 12/14 NECK TAPER, STANDARD OFFSET NECK, 125MM STEM LENGTH SIZE 12 COCR MO, ; DISTAL CENTRALIZER 9MM OO ASSEMBLE W/ BONE CEMENT PMMA STERILE, HIP SYSTEM FEMORAL HEAD 12/14 TAPER 32MM DIA +0 MM NECK LENGTH COCR-MO, HOWMEDICA/OSTEONICS 65C-3254 TRIDENT POLYETHYLENE ACETABULAR CUP, HOWMEDICA X-CHANGE BIO MESH LARGE; BONESOURCE BVF, SIMPLEX P WITH TOBRAMYCIN ANTIBIOTIC BONE CEMENT TIMES 2 . THIS WAS A COMPLEX PRIMARY TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH A TRANSTROCHANTERIC APPROACH FOR SLOOF ACETABULAR RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ALL-

    Patient problems: Inflammation; Injury; Reaction; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 9913499 ↗

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