S-ROM 52-3424Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · S-ROM Total Hip System FEMORAL STEM Standard 36 STD NECK +8 11/13 TAPER 24x19x175 Lateral · Class 3 · Implant
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Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 4
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 4
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295171065), received between Apr 6, 2018 and Nov 8, 2018 — classified as 4 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem3
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
- Insufficient Device Problem Information1
Patient problems
- Death2
- Discomfort2
- No Code Available2
- Not Applicable2
- Pain2
- Test Result2
- Tissue Damage2
- Cyst(s)1
Recent adverse event reports
The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryNov 8, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
LITIGATION ALLEGES PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN, DISCOMFORT, POPPING, AND DIFFICULTY AMBULATING. UPDATE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ALLEGED, PPF ALLEGES ELEVATED METAL IONS. PPF ALSO REPORTS THAT THE PATIENT IS DECEASED, BUT DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THIS WAS AT ALL PRODUCT RELATED, NOR PROVIDES A DATE OF DEATH. DOI: (B)(6) 2005 - DOR: NONE REPORTED (RIGHT HIP).
Patient problems: Death; Discomfort; Pain; Test Result
MAUDE report 8051038 ↗InjuryNov 8, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
LITIGATION ALLEGES PATIENT EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN, DISCOMFORT, POPPING, AND DIFFICULTY AMBULATING. UPDATE IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ALLEGED, PPF ALLEGES ELEVATED METAL IONS. DOI: (B)(6) 2005 - DOR: NONE REPORTED (LEFT HIP).
Patient problems: Death; Discomfort; Limited Mobility Of The Implanted Joint; Pain; Test Result
MAUDE report 8050878 ↗InjuryMay 8, 2018Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS TRUNIOSIS AND HIGH METAL ION LEVELS. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A POLY LINER AND CERAMIC HEAD WITH A NEW STEM. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2018; LEFT HIP.
Patient problems: Host-Tissue Reaction; No Code Available; Not Applicable; Tissue Damage
MAUDE report 7494578 ↗InjuryApr 6, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available
PFS AND MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED. PFS ALLEGES METALLOSIS, FATIGUE, SWELLING, INFLAMMATION, DISLOCATION, HEADACHES, HEARING LOSS, PSEUDOTUMOR, NECROSIS, DETERIORATION AND INSTABILITY OF THE RIGHT HIP, GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEM, CHOLECYSTITIS AND GALLBLADDER REMOVAL. AFTER REVIEW OF MEDICAL RECORDS FOR MDR REPORTABILITY, THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS LARGE PSEUDOTUMOR CAUSING SOFT TISSUE DESTRUCTION AND SIGNIFICANT METALLOSIS WITH CYSTIC CHANGES. REVISION NOTES REPORTED ELEVATED METAL IONS, ASPIRATED TURBID DARK BLACK FLUID AND METALLOSIS WITHIN THE SYNOVIAL TISSUE. THE SCREW WAS REMOVED AND THE CUP IS WELL FIXED. CLINICAL NOTES STATED THAT PATIENT PREVIOUSLY FELL AND DISLOCATED AND WAS REDUCED IN ER. MRI SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT PSEUDOTUMOR. DOI: (B)(6) 2002; DOR: (B)(6) 2017; RIGHT HIP.
Patient problems: Cyst(s); Fatigue; Headache; Hearing Impairment; Inflammation; Injury; Necrosis; No Code Available; Not Applicable; Swelling; Tissue Damage
MAUDE report 7402695 ↗
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- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-052Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented335 reports
- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-054Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented263 reports
- BIOLOX DELTA 1365-36-330Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented255 reports
- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-050Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented253 reports
- PINNACLE POROCOAT 1217-22-056Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented220 reports
- SUMMIT POROCOAT 1570-11-120Depuy Orthopaedics, Inc. · Prosthesis, hip, semi-constrained, metal/ceramic/ceramic/metal, cemented or uncemented1 death204 reports
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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