Skip to content

Trident 542-11-48DRecalls & reported problems

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Cluster Acetabular Shell · Class 2 · Implant

All models of Trident (160)

Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
16
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
15
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 16 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327037180), received between Jul 27, 2017 and Aug 8, 2024 — classified as 15 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Loss of Osseointegration” (4 reports).

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.

Reports received per month

Nov 2023: 0 reportsDec 2023: 0 reportsJan 2024: 0 reportsFeb 2024: 0 reportsMar 2024: 0 reportsApr 2024: 0 reportsMay 2024: 0 reportsJun 2024: 0 reportsJul 2024: 0 reportsAug 2024: 1 reportsSep 2024: 0 reportsOct 2024: 0 reportsNov 2024: 0 reportsDec 2024: 0 reportsJan 2025: 0 reportsFeb 2025: 0 reportsMar 2025: 0 reportsApr 2025: 0 reportsMay 2025: 0 reportsJun 2025: 0 reportsJul 2025: 0 reportsAug 2025: 0 reportsSep 2025: 0 reportsOct 2025: 0 reportsNov 2025: 0 reportsDec 2025: 0 reportsJan 2026: 0 reportsFeb 2026: 0 reportsMar 2026: 0 reportsApr 2026: 0 reportsMay 2026: 0 reportsJun 2026: 0 reportsJul 2026: 0 reportsAug 2026: 0 reportsSep 2026: 0 reportsOct 2026: 0 reports2024202520261
Last 36 months. The most recent month may be incomplete.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Loss of Osseointegration4
  • Malposition of Device3
  • Osseointegration Problem3
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
  • Device Dislodged or Dislocated1
  • Difficult to Remove1
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information1
  • Material Erosion1

Patient problems

  • Injury12
  • Inadequate Osseointegration6
  • Bone Fracture(s)3
  • Joint Dislocation2
  • Pain2
  • Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
  • Fall1
  • Foreign Body Reaction1

Recent adverse event reports

The 16 most recent of 16 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryAug 8, 2024Malposition of Device; Malposition of Device

    PATIENT'S LEFT HIP WAS REVISED FOR CUP MALPOSITIONING AND FLUID COLLECTION AROUND THE JOINT. UPON REMOVAL OF THE FEMORAL HEAD FROM THE STEM THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE CORROSION OF THE TRUNNION VISIBLE. A NEW CUP WAS POSITIONED IN THE ACETABULUM TO ELIMINATE FEMORAL COMPONENT IMPINGEMENT. THE CORROSION WAS CLEANED FROM THE STEM TRUNNION AND A V-40 TO C-TAPER ADAPTER SLEEVE WAS USED TO IMPLANT A C-TAPER CERAMIC HEAD WITH A MDM LINER.

    Patient problems: Insufficient Information

    MAUDE report 19939988 ↗
  • InjurySep 25, 2020Material Erosion; Material Erosion

    IT WAS REPORTED THE PATIENT'S RIGHT HIP WAS REVISED DUE TO HEAD DISSOCIATION REPORTED AS GROSS TRUNNION FAILURE. BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF METAL DEBRIS, LINER WEAR, AND IMPLANT STAINING, THE PATIENT'S ENTIRE HIP HAD TO BE REVISED. REP PROVIDED EXPLANT PICTURES AND X-RAYS, AND CONFIRMED THAT NO FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASED.

    Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Foreign Body Reaction

    MAUDE report 10586773 ↗
  • InjuryAug 24, 2020Migration; Migration

    DOCTOR REPORTS PATIENT AT STATUS POST LEFT ANTERIOR HIP REPLACEMENT DONE APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS AGO MAY HAVE FALLEN AND NOW HAS AN ACETABULAR FRACTURE AND THE CUP HAS SHIFTED AS WELL AS PROTRUDED THROUGH THE MEDIAL WALL. DOCTOR REQUESTED TO REVISE THE ACETABULUM. THE CUP WAS CAREFULLY REMOVED AND THEN PREPARATION OF THE ACETABULUM WAS PERFORMED TO IMPLANT A TRITANIUM REVISION CUP. AFTER BONE GRAFTING THE MEDIAL WALL THE CUP WAS IMPLANTED AND MULTIPLE SCREWS WERE USED TO AUGMENT IT¿S FIXATION. SATISFIED WITH THE CUP A LINER WAS IMPACTED. IT WAS THEN NOTICED THE ACCOLADE CEMENTED STEM WAS LOOSE. DR DECIDED TO RE CEMENT A NEW STEM INTO THE EXISTING MANTLE. A TRIAL HEAD WAS USED TO CHECK STABILITY. A NEW HEAD WAS IMPLANTED AND THE SURGICAL SITE WAS CLOSED. THE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE DUE TO EMR PASSWORD SECURED.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall; Injury

    MAUDE report 10446104 ↗
  • InjuryAug 13, 2020Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT'S LEFT HIP WAS REVISED DUE TO A LOOSE ACETABULAR SHELL. PATIENT WAS REVISED TO STRYKER AND COMPETITOR DEVICES.

    Patient problems: Injury

    MAUDE report 10400521 ↗
  • InjuryApr 2, 2020Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration

    PATIENTS HIP WAS REVISED FOR SUSPECTED INFECTION AND ACETABULAR LOOSENING. INFECTION LABS WERE FOUND TO BE NEGATIVE, BUT THERE WAS MARKED CORROSION ON THE FEMORAL STEM AND HEAD. PATIENTS ACETABULUM WAS REPLACED WITH A TRIDENT II MULTIHOLE SHELL AND 40MM LINER. FEMORAL HEAD WAS REPLACED WITH +0 40MM BIOLOX UNIVERSAL HEAD AND SLEEVE.

    Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury

    MAUDE report 9917997 ↗
  • InjuryMar 30, 2020Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration

    THIS PI IS FOR REVISION 2 ON (B)(6) 2019. IT WAS REPORTED THROUGH A MEDWATCH (MW5092894) "DURING SECOND REVISION FOR A LOOSE STRYKER ACCOLADE II FEMORAL STEM, THE SURGEON NOTED MY TRIDENT PSL ACETABULAR CUP HAD SUBSIDED AND ASEPTIC LOOSENING HAD OCCURRED. THE FEMORAL STEM WAS SAID TO BE "GROSSLY LOOSE" AND THE SURGEON FELT THE SUBSIDED CUP HAD CONTRIBUTED ON THE LOOSENING OF THE STEM. THE PATHOLOGIST REPORTED THERE WAS 'SCANT NATIVE BONE ON THE CUP'. THIS THE SECOND STRYKER ACCOLADE II STEM I HAVE HAD REPLACED DUE TO 'NO BONE INGROWTH AND GROSS LOOSENING' IN 42 MONTHS."

    Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury

    MAUDE report 9897920 ↗
  • InjuryAug 22, 2019Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    THERE WAS PLANNED REVISION FOR THA (CUP AND HEAD EXCHANGE CASE), BUT PENETRATED THE INNER PLATE OF THE PELVIS DURING IMPACTING THE PSL CUP. SINCE A CEMENT CUP WAS NOT PREPARED, 50G OF -TCP ARTIFICIAL BONE WAS FIXED TO THE DROPPED ACETABULUM WITH TRIDENT HEMISPHERICAL MULCH. THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP WAS IN THE INNER PLATE, FURTHER MORE MANY ARTIFICIAL BONES WERE LEAKED IN THE PELVIS, BUT COMPLETED THE SURGICAL PROCEDURE BY DOCTOR JUDGMENT.

    Patient problems: Injury

    MAUDE report 8921047 ↗
  • InjuryJun 4, 2019Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem

    AT (B)(6) 2015, THA WAS DONE WITH TRIDENT PSL CUP, TRIDENT X3 LINER, NO STRYKER STEM AND DELTA HEAD. AFTER THE OPERATION, THE DOCTOR SUSPECTED LOOSENING OF THE CUP SIDE BY PATIENT SYMPTOMS AND X-P AND CUP SIDE AND HEAD WAS EXCHANGED THE NEW DEVICES. THE BONE RESORPTION AROUND THE CUP AND DISCOLORATION OF THE LINER AND WEAR OF THE LINER WAS CONFIRMED. THE DOCTOR REQUESTED THAT INSPECTION OF WEAR CONDITION OF THE SLIDING SURFACE AND CUP SIDE.

    Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury

    MAUDE report 8667410 ↗
  • InjuryFeb 20, 2019Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Device Dislodged or Dislocated

    POST-OPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: PATIENT UNDERWENT PRIMARY RIGHT TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT (B)(6) 2018. PATIENT RETURNED FOR INSTABILITY WITH TWO ANTERIOR DISLOCATIONS. PATIENT WAS REVISED ON (B)(6) 2018. ALL COMPONENTS EXCHANGED EXCEPT FEMUR.

    Patient problems: Injury; Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 8356613 ↗
  • InjuryNov 27, 2018Malposition of Device; Positioning Problem; Malposition of Device; Positioning Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT'S LEFT HIP WAS REVISED DUE TO DISLOCATION. THE HEAD, LINER, CONE BODY (IMPLANTED (B)(6) 2017), AND SHELL (IMPLANTED (B)(6) 2012) WERE REVISED. SHELL AND CONE BODY WERE REVISED TO CHANGE PATIENT'S VERSION.

    Patient problems: Injury; Joint Dislocation

    MAUDE report 8108711 ↗
  • InjuryNov 8, 2018Loss of Osseointegration; Loss of Osseointegration

    AS REPORTED: "LOOSE ACETABULAR SHELL. IMPLANTED NEW SHELL, INSERT AND FEMORAL HEAD".

    Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury

    MAUDE report 8053053 ↗
  • InjurySep 19, 2018Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT'S RIGHT HIP WAS REVISED DUE TO ASEPTIC LOOSENING OF THE SHELL. ALL PRIMARY DEVICES EXCEPT THE STEM WERE EXPLANTED.

    Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury

    MAUDE report 7890177 ↗
  • InjuryDec 11, 2017Migration or Expulsion of Device; Migration or Expulsion of Device

    SURGEON REPORTS A PATIENT, POST TOTAL LEFT HIP DONE ON (B)(6) 2016, HAD A RECENT EVENT WHERE SHE SUSTAINED AN ACETABULAR FRACTURE. THE FRACTURE IS NOW HEALED ALTHOUGH THE CUP IS LOOSE AND CAUSING PAIN. SURGEON DECIDED TO REVISE THE CUP AND LINER. THE CUP WAS CAREFULLY REMOVED THE ACETABULUM WAS REAMED AND A TRITANIUM REVISION CUP WAS IMPLANTED WITH SCREWS. SATISFIED WITH THE FIXATION, THE NEW LINER WAS IMPACTED AND A NEW COMPETITOR HEAD WAS IMPLANTED AND THE SURGICAL SITE CLOSED. THE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Injury; Pain

    MAUDE report 7105760 ↗
  • InjuryAug 11, 2017Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT'S RIGHT HIP WAS REVISED DUE TO A LOOSENED ACETABULAR CUP WHICH HAD FAILED TO IN-GROW INTO PATIENT. SURGEON REPORTED TO COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE THAT THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PRODUCTS BUT CAME ABOUT DUE TO PATIENT'S POOR BONE QUALITY.

    Patient problems: Inadequate Osseointegration; Injury

    MAUDE report 6790584 ↗
  • MalfunctionAug 7, 2017Difficult to Remove; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Difficult to Remove; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IMPACTION BOLT STUCK IN CUP. THE SURGEON WAS NOT ABLE TO REMOVE THE BOLT FROM THE CUP AS IT GETS COLD WELDED. TO RESOLVE THE SITUATION, THE SURGEON PUT IN A DIFFERENT CUP IN A LARGER SIZE.

    Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

    MAUDE report 6771964 ↗
  • InjuryJul 27, 2017Malposition of Device; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Malposition of Device; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    ON (B)(6) 2017, THA WAS DONE WITH TRIDENT HA CUP, X3 LINER, V40 HEAD, CANCELLOUS SCREW, ACCOLADE STEM AND THE PATIENT WAS DISCHARGED THE HOSPITAL 4 WEEKS AFTER OPERATION. A FRACTURE LINE WAS CONFIRMED AT POST OP X-P, HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT CONFIRMED AND THE BONE AROUND SCREW BECAME HOLLOWED OUT AT CURRENT X-P. AFTER DISCHARGED THE HOSPITAL THE PATIENT FELT THE PAIN AT OPERATIVE AREA, WHICH CONTINUED.

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Pain

    MAUDE report 6749044 ↗

Other Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, uncemented, metal/polymer, non-porous, calicum-phosphate devices

All Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, uncemented, metal/polymer, non-porous, calicum-phosphate devices →

Sources and updates

How reports and recalls are matched · Editorial policy · Report an error on this page