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LFIT 06-3605Recalls & reported problems

Howmedica Osteonics Corp. · Femoral Head · Class 2 · Implant

All models of LFIT (23)

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

Adverse event reports
2
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
2
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327072358), received between Jun 18, 2018 and Mar 22, 2023 — classified as 2 injuries.

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

  • Corroded1
  • Degraded1
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information1

Patient problems

  • Inflammation1
  • Injury1
  • Pain1

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryMar 22, 2023Corroded; Degraded; Corroded; Degraded

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS APPARENT TRUNNIONOSIS DISCOVERED AFTER REVISION. IT WAS FURTHER REPORTED THAT "PATIENT REPORTED PAIN IN GROIN/ BUTTOCKS AREA. SURGEON REVISED ACETABULUM AND NOTICED WHAT LOOKED TO BE TRUNNIONOSIS ON STEM AND HEAD. DEEP GROVE OF ARTICULATING SURFACE OF LINER WAS NOTICED AND WONDERED WHERE THAT COULD HAVE COME FROM. DISCOLOURATION (YELLOW TINGE) OF LINER IS A CONCERN AS WELL. NO INFECTION WAS PRESENT JUST A LOT OF INFLAMMATION."

    Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain

    MAUDE report 16591006 ↗
  • InjuryJun 18, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT'S LEFT HIP WAS REVISED. A REP FOR COMPETITOR COVERED THE CASE, THERE WAS NO STRYKER PRESENCE. STRYKER REP REPORTED THAT OUR LFIT C-TAPER FEMORAL HEAD WAS EXPLANTED. A LARGER STRYKER LFIT ANATOMIC C-TAPER FEMORAL HEAD WITH A HIGHER OFFSET AND UNKNOWN COMPETITOR DEVICE(S) WERE IMPLANTED.

    Patient problems: Injury

    MAUDE report 7609472 ↗

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