GAMMA 8160-0110SRecalls & reported problems
Stryker GmbH · Lag Screw · Class 2 · Implant
All models of GAMMA (249)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 07613327511055), received between Apr 29, 2024 and Apr 17, 2025 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Positioning Failure” (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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Positioning Failure1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
- Thrombosis/Thrombus1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionApr 17, 2025Positioning Failure; Positioning Failure
IT WAS REPORTED THAT: "DURING AN OPERATION ON (B)(6) 2025, THE SURGEON ENCOUNTERED A FEW DIFFICULTIES WHEN FITTING THE NAIL REF. (B)(4). APPARENTLY, THE CEPHALIC SCREW DID NOT FIT INTO THE NAIL." "MINI-ABUTMENT OF A VERY COMPLEX EPIPHYSEAL-DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURE. COMPLEX EPIPHYSEAL-DIAPHYSEAL FRACTURE. OPENING OF THE FASCIA LATA. DRILLING OF THE GREATER TROCHANTER. PLACEMENT OF REAMING GUIDE NAIL. REAMING TO DIAMETER 13 DIAPHYSEAL AND 14 METAPHYSEAL. PLACEMENT OF A NAIL DIAMETER 10, 125° CERVICAL ANGULATION, 240 LENGTH. PLACEMENT OF THE CERVICAL GUIDE PIN, WHICH WILL BE CHECKED FROM FRONT AND SIDE. CERVICAL REAMING. MEASURE LENGTH BACK TO 110. PLACE CERVICAL SCREW LENGTH 110 WHICH WILL BE LOCKED. PLACE DISTAL SCREW LENGTH TO 37.5. SCOPIC CHECK: TECHNICAL INCIDENCE, GIVEN THE ECCENTRICITY OF THE CERVICAL SCREW TO THE NAIL. ATTEMPT TO REDUCE THE OSTEOSYNTHESIS USING THE SAME MATERIAL WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PATIENT'S CURRENT CONDITION: LONGER OPERATING TIME (60 MIN). ACTIONS TAKEN IN HOSPITAL TO MANAGE PATIENT: CHANGE OF EQUIPMENT AND CERCLAGE OF FRACTURE SITE. NAIL LENGTH 260, DIAMETER 10, ANGULATION 125°. PLACEMENT OF GUIDE WIRE, CHECKED FROM FRONT AND SIDE. BORE LENGTH 110. LOCKED 110 SCRE
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21858197 ↗InjuryApr 29, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THROUGH A CLINICAL STUDY IT WAS REPORTED THAT: "DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS CHRONIC, RECURRENT DVTS IN PROXIMAL VEINS OF BOTH LOWER EXTREMITIES. HISTORY OF DVT EPISODES PRECEDES GAMMA-4 SURGERY DATE. ACTION TAKEN: YES. MEDICATION TREATMENT: INR 1.7, ON COUMADIN WITH FILTER. NO INDICATION FOR HOSPITALIZATION."
Patient problems: Thrombosis/Thrombus
MAUDE report 19201948 ↗
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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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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