GAMMA 8120-1170SRecalls & reported problems
Stryker GmbH · Trochanteric Nail · Class 2 · Implant
All models of GAMMA (249)
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327479126), received between Dec 14, 2023 and Dec 5, 2024 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Malposition of Device” (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 18, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Malposition of Device1
Patient problems
- Implant Pain3
- Bursitis1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryDec 5, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
AS REPORTED: "STUDY: STRYKER PEGASUS SITE: 002 --- INOVA HEALTH CARE SERVICES SUBJECT: (B)(6). PATIENT SCHEDULED VISIT WITH NON-STUDY ORTHOPEDIST ON (B)(6) 2024 TO ADDRESS LEFT HIP PAIN. PHYSICIAN EXAM ON (B)(6) 2024 NOTED POSSIBLE BURSITIS THAT WAS TREATED WITH A CORTICOSTEROID INJECTION. FOLLOW-UP VISIT NOTE ON (B)(6) 2024 NOTES GOOD RESULTS."
Patient problems: Bursitis; Implant Pain
MAUDE report 20855219 ↗InjuryNov 14, 2024Malposition of Device; Malposition of Device
AS REPORTED: "SUBJECT: (B)(6) STRYKER PEGASUS STUDY. PROMINENT LAG SCREW CAUSING PAIN. PATIENT CAME TO CLINIC DUE TO PAIN IN RIGHT LATERAL THIGH THAT HAS NOT RESPONDED TO CONSERVATIVE MANAGEMENT. X-RAY SHOWED PROMINENT LAG SCREW LIKELY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DISCOMFORT WITH WALKING. PATIENT TIRED ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICATION, PHYSICAL THERAPY, THEN CAME TO CLINIC AND RECEIVED AN X-RAY. SURGERY IS ANTICIPATED TO EXCHANGE THE SYMPTOMATIC LAG SCREW. THIS IS UNANTICIPATED. THE SET SCREW WAS FULLY LOCKED AND THERE WAS STILL SIGNIFICANT MIGRATION OF THE LAG SCREW POST-OP."
Patient problems: Implant Pain
MAUDE report 20682000 ↗InjuryDec 14, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DURING POST MARKET CLINICAL EVALUATION OF GAMMA 4: PROSPECTIVE, MULTICENTER, FOLLOW-UP STUDY, THE FOLLOWING WAS REPORTED: ¿PATIENT WAS 7 DAYS POST OP RIGHT HIP GAMMA NAIL, PRESENTED TO THE ED WITH AN INCREASE IN PAIN/PRESSURE DISTAL TO THE HIP INCISIONS. MEDICAL IMAGING DID NOT REVEAL ANY FINDINGS INDICATING MEDICAL DEVICE ISSUES.¿ ACTION(S) TAKEN: MEDICATION (TRAMADOL, TYLENOL) RESOLVED WITHOUT SEQUELAE: (B)(6) 2023.
Patient problems: Implant Pain
MAUDE report 18326952 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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