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LCS COMPLETE 1294-09-750Recalls & reported problems

Depuy (Ireland) · LCS COMPLETE Metal Backed Patella CEMENTED STD+ · Class 3 · Implant

All models of LCS COMPLETE (18)

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
5
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
5
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 5 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295022725), received between Nov 4, 2017 and Dec 6, 2022 — classified as 5 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Disassembly” (3 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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Disassembly3
  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
  • Insufficient Device Problem Information1
  • Noise, Audible1

Patient problems

  • Unspecified Infection2
  • Fall1
  • Joint Disorder1
  • No Consequences Or Impact To Patient1
  • Pain1

Recent adverse event reports

The 5 most recent of 5 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryDec 6, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    WASHOUT AND POLY EXCHANGE OF PATELLA AND LPS INSERT DUE TO INFECTION LEFT SIDE. PATIENT DECIDED TO WALK WITHOUT A ZIMMER FRAME AND FELL. SURGEON HAD RECEIVED SOME RESULTS PATIENT HAS A STAPH C INFECTION AND HAS BEEN MONITORING THE PATIENT, BUT WHEN THE PATIENT FELL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON HE DECIDED TO TAKE HIM INTO THE THEATRE TO CHECK THAT EVERYTHING WAS OK AS WELL AS DO A WASHOUT. SPECIMENS TAKEN DURING THE PROCEDURE.

    Patient problems: Fall; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 15924018 ↗
  • InjuryJan 29, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

    THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS INFECTION. ALL COMPONENTS REMOVED. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2018; LEFT KNEE.

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 7224373 ↗
  • InjuryJan 16, 2018Disassembly; Disassembly

    DER STATES THAT PATIENTS POLY PATELLA POPPED OFF FOR THE 2ND TIME. THE ENTIRE PATELLA COMPONENT WAS REMOVED AND AN ALL POLY PATELLA WAS IMPLANTED. DOI: (B)(6) 2017, DOR: (B)(6) 2017, AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.

    Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

    MAUDE report 7193999 ↗
  • InjuryNov 30, 2017Disassembly; Disassembly

    DER STATES THAT PATIENT FELL AND COMPLAINED OF PAIN. SURGERY REVEALED THAT THE PATELLA POLY HAD POPPED OFF METAL BACKING. A POLY PATELLA REPLACEMENT WAS IMPLANTED BUT DID NOT SEEM TO ROTATE VERY WELL SO THE SURGEON REQUESTED THAT ANOTHER POLY FROM A METAL BACKED PATELLA BE IMPLANTED.

    Patient problems: Pain

    MAUDE report 7072598 ↗
  • InjuryNov 4, 2017Disassembly; Noise, Audible; Disassembly; Noise, Audible

    DER STATES THAT THE PATIENT HAD PATELLA CLUNK AND THE POLY HAD COME APART FROM THE METAL PORTION OF THE PATELLA.

    Patient problems: Joint Disorder

    MAUDE report 7002204 ↗

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