NA 86-7419Recalls & reported problems
Depuy (Ireland) · UNIVERSAL STEM FLUTED 75mm x 20mm · Class 3 · Implant
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
Quick summary
This DePuy Attune revision knee implant, a Universal Stem used in revision total knee replacement, appears in 34 adverse event reports, all describing injuries and no deaths. Reports most often describe pain, infection, and swelling, along with implants that loosened or failed to grow into the bone and components that had to be removed and replaced during revision surgery. Report numbers have dropped, from 5 in the prior 12 months to 1 in the last 12 months. No recalls name this device.
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- Adverse event reports
- 34
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 34
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 34 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10603295217855), received between Jun 23, 2017 and Dec 3, 2025 — classified as 34 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Osseointegration Problem” (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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem25
- Osseointegration Problem3
- Insufficient Device Problem Information2
- Migration2
- Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available1
- Disassembly1
- Loose or Intermittent Connection1
- Loss of or Failure to Bond1
Patient problems
- Pain15
- Unspecified Infection15
- No Code Available7
- Inadequate Osseointegration4
- Swelling/ Edema4
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available2
- Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction2
- Joint Laxity2
Recent adverse event reports
The 25 most recent of 34 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryDec 3, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT STIFFNESS WITH ESSENTIALLY NO MOTION POST REVISION TKA FOR STIFFNESS. SURGEON IS NOT SURE WHY PATIENT IS SO STIFF AS NO INFECTION IS PRESENT BASED ON LABS AND FROZEN SECTION. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED. FEMORAL SLEEVE WAS NOT INGROWN ALMOST 5 MONTHS POST OP. THERE WAS NO RADIOGRAPHIC INDICATION THAT COMPONENT WOULD BE LOOSE. TIBIAL COMPONENTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED TO LOWER THE JOINT LINE AS THE PATELLA WAS IMPINGING THE INSERT AFTER REVISING THE FEMUR. THIS IS LIKELY A RESULT OF SHORTENING OF THE PATELLAR TENDON DUE TO LACK OF MOTION. TIBIAL SLEEVE WAS ONLY PARTIALLY INGROWN. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. DOI: (B)(6) 2025. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Loss of Range of Motion; Muscular Rigidity
MAUDE report 23709391 ↗InjuryAug 22, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED STATES THAT NOT LOOSE, JUST NOT INGROWN. NOT THE SAME THING.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22872735 ↗InjuryJun 6, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF INFECTION AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE OPERATING ROOM FOR BILATERAL KNEE REVISIONS. COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND THOROUGH I&DS WERE PERFORMED IN CONJUNCTION WITH PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS, AND PLACEMENT OF NEW COMPONENTS. PATIENT DID HAVE BILATERAL I&DS WITH POLY EXCHANGES ON (B)(6) 2025. AS SUCH, THE INSERTS LISTED ON THIS SUBMISSION WERE FROM THAT DATE. THE RIGHT KNEE SHOWED SIGNIFICANT HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION AROUND THE FEMORAL SLEEVE, SUGGESTING INFECTION ON XRAY, SO SURGEON TO CHOSE TO FASHION A STATIC SPACER UTILIZING LPS COMPONENTS TO TREAT THIS SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE APPEARED TO BE DOING BETTER, BUT SINCE HOSPITAL ADMISSION EARLIER THIS WEEK ALSO BEGIN TO SWELL. WHEN CHECKING FIXATION OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, THE FEMORAL SLEEVE WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT SIGNS OF BONY INGROWTH. LACK OF INGROWTH APPROXIMATELY SEVEN (7) WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION SUGGESTS THIS TOO WAS INFECTED. TIBIAL COMPONENT AND STEM WERE LEFT IN PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE SINCE IT WAS WELL FIXED. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. WHILE RESULTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE, SURGEON DOES BELIEVE INFECTION WAS STILL PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THIS PROCEDURE
Patient problems: Swelling/ Edema; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22160304 ↗InjuryJun 6, 2025Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF INFECTION AND WAS BROUGHT TO THE OR FOR BILATERAL KNEE REVISIONS. COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND THOROUGH I&DS WERE PERFORMED IN CONJUNCTION WITH PLACEMENT OF RESORBABLE ANTIBIOTIC BEADS, AND PLACEMENT OF NEW COMPONENTS. PATIENT DID HAVE BILATERAL I&DS WITH POLY EXCHANGES ON (B)(6) 2025. AS SUCH, THE INSERTS LISTED ON THIS SUBMISSION WERE FROM THAT DATE. THE RIGHT KNEE SHOWED SIGNIFICANT HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION AROUND THE FEMORAL SLEEVE, SUGGESTING INFECTION ON XRAY, SO SURGEON TO CHOSE TO FASHION A STATIC SPACER UTILIZING LPS COMPONENTS TO TREAT THIS SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE APPEARED TO BE DOING BETTER, BUT SINCE HOSPITAL ADMISSION EARLIER THIS WEEK ALSO BEGIN TO SWELL. WHEN CHECKING FIXATION OF THE FEMORAL COMPONENT, THE FEMORAL SLEEVE WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED WITHOUT SIGNS OF BONY INGROWTH. LACK OF INGROWTH APPROXIMATELY SEVEN (7) WEEKS POST IMPLANTATION SUGGESTS THIS TOO WAS INFECTED. TIBIAL COMPONENT AND STEM WERE LEFT IN PLACE ON THE LEFT SIDE SINCE IT WAS WELL FIXED. NO DELAY NOR PATIENT HARM WAS NOTED. WHILE RESULTS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE, SURGEON DOES BELIEVE INFECTION WAS STILL PRESENT AT THE TIME OF THIS PROCEDURE. THIS INFEC
Patient problems: Extraskeletal ossification; Inadequate Osseointegration; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 22159203 ↗InjuryMay 14, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED STATES THAT THE LOSS OF FIXATION TO THE OSTEOTOMY IS WHAT LED TO THE POOR PATELLAR TRACKING. IMPLANTS WERE PERFORMING AS EXPECTED.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 22021500 ↗InjuryMay 1, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT DEVELOPED A POST OPERATIVE HEMATOMA AFTER A COMPLEX PRIMARY KNEE REPLACEMENT UTILIZING REVISION COMPONENTS. ALL COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED AND EXCHANGED UNEVENTFULLY WITH NO PATIENT HARM NOR DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2025. DOR: (B)(6) 2025. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Hematoma
MAUDE report 21944657 ↗InjuryApr 3, 2024Migration; Migration
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING IMPLANTS SUBSIDED. RIGHT LPS DISTAL FEMUR, UNIVERSAL FEMORAL SLEEVE, LPS ADAPTER AND UNIVERSAL STEM SUB-SITED LEAVING PATIENTS LEG SHORT ON THAT RIGHT SIDE. ALSO THE ATTUNE REVISION TIBIA, ATTUNE REVISION TIBIAL SLEEVE AND STEM WERE LOOSE. SURGEON EXPLANTED ALL IMPLANTS EXCEPT THE PATELLA. SURGEON REVISED AND REPLACED THE IMPLANTS. THERE WAS LOOSENING OF ALL IMPLANTS AT THE BONE TO CEMENT INTERFACE. DOI: (B)(6) 2023 DOR: (B)(6) 2024 AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Physical Asymmetry
MAUDE report 19033348 ↗InjuryJan 24, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO NICKEL ALLERGY. DOI: UNKNOWN; DOR: (B)(6) 2024; AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction
MAUDE report 18570294 ↗InjuryNov 28, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD AN UNDISCOVERED NICKEL ALLERGY. THEY HAD PAIN THROUGHOUT THEIR LEG, SO SURGEON REPLACED EVERYTHING WITH COMPETITOR IMPLANTS. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: NOVEMBER 15, 2023; AFFECTED SIDE : LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Hypersensitivity/Allergic reaction; Pain
MAUDE report 18218070 ↗InjuryNov 6, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO INFECTION AND HAD TO REMOVE IMPLANTS. DOI: (B)(6) 2023; DOR: (B)(6) 2023; AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 18074297 ↗InjuryJan 4, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO SUSPECTED LOOSE TC3 RP WITH MID FLEX LAXITY AT THE BONE TO CEMENT INTERFACE. FEMUR WAS REMOVED BUT QUESTIONABLE WHETHER LOOSE OR NOT - MID FLEX LAXITY MAIN ISSUE - RE IMPLANT TC3 RP WITH 8 MM DISTAL AUGMENTS - ADDRESSED MF LAXITY - BALANCED AND PATELLA TRACKED WELL. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: UNKNOWN. DOR: ON (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Joint Laxity
MAUDE report 16094122 ↗InjuryOct 12, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
REVISION COMPLETED DUE TO PAINFUL RIGHT KNEE. DOI: (B)(6) 2016, DOR: (B)(6) 2022, AFFECTED SIDE: RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 15586851 ↗InjurySep 16, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD IMPLANTS REMOVED AND REPLACED DUE TO SUSPECTED INFECTION. IMPLANTS WERE PLACED ON 2 DATES PER THE RECORDS, 9-12-19(FIRST 5 ITEMS LISTED) AND (B)(6) 2022. PATIENT EXPERIENCED REPEATED EFFUSIONS. SURGEON HAS SENT MULTIPLE ASPIRATIONS BUT NO CULTURES WERE NOT POSITIVE. CELL COUNTS AND LAB VALUES WERE ELEVATED, BUT NOT REACHING A LEVEL TO DIAGNOSE INFECTION. DURING THE PROCEDURE, 2 SEPARATE TISSUE SAMPLES WERE SENT TO PATHOLOGY, AND 3 AND 4 WBC/HPF WERE FOUND, AGAIN ELEVATED BUT NOT DEFINITIVE. SURGEON CHOSE TO REMOVAL ALL COMPONENTS AND REPLACE IN A ONE STAGE FASHION AFTER A THOROUGH DEBRIDEMENT AND IRRIGATION. ANTIBIOTIC BEADS WERE PLACED IN CANALS AND SURROUNDING SOFT TISSUES AND VANCOMYCIN WAS ADDED TO GENT CEMENT. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. DOI: (B)(6) 2019. DOR: (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Swelling/ Edema; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 15437216 ↗InjuryFeb 23, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DOI (B)(6) 2014: THE INFECTION WAS CLEARED AND AN LPS DISTAL FEMUR, SEGMENT COMPONENT, SLEEVE ADAPTOR, FEMORAL SLEEVE, LPS TIBIAL HINGE INSERT, UNIVERSAL STEM, MBT TRAY, MBT SLEEVE, AND UNIVERSAL STEM (SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH PART/LOT) WAS IMPLANTED. A FREE LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP WITH VEIN GRAFTING TO CORRECT A LEFT KNEE SKIN DEFECT PRESENT BEFORE THE REVISION WAS ALSO PERFORMED. POSTOPERATIVELY, THE DEVELOPED ACUTE RENAL FAILURE REQUIRING INCREASING IV FLUIDS. THIS WAS CAPTURED IN (B)(4). ON (B)(6) 2014: THE LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP IS POSITIVE FOR PSEUDOMONAS AND STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA REQUIRING IV ANTIBIOTICS AND A WOUND VAC DRESSING TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE. THE INFECTION IS CLEARED THOUGH THE PATIENT IS TOLD TO REMAIN ON CHRONIC ANTIBIOTICS. THIS WAS CAPTURED IN (B)(4). ON (B)(6) 2014: THE EXTENSOR MECHANISM HAS ¿SLID PROXIMALLY¿ CAUSING BONE GRAFT TO COME LOOSE AND PATELLA TO RIDE HIGH PER RADIOGRAPHS IN REFERENCE TO HIS ALLOGRAFT RECONSTRUCTION WITH RESIDUAL ROM AND STRENGTH DEFICITS. NO SURGICAL INTERVENTION IS TO BE DONE. HE IS TO CONTINUE PHYSICAL THERAPY ONLY. THIS WAS CAPTURED IN (B)(4). EARLY (B)(6) 2014: THE PATIENT SUSTAINS A FALL DUE TO A SENSE OF
Patient problems: Pain; Swelling/ Edema; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 13584011 ↗InjuryFeb 18, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE INTRA-OP EVENT OF SIGNIFICANT BLEEDING AT THE POSTEROLATERAL SIDE FROM THE POPLITEAL ARTERY AND THIS BLEEDING WAS STOPPED BY PACKING AND THE USE OF VASCULAR CLIPS, TOTAL BLOOD LOSS WAS 500 ML.
Patient problems: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding
MAUDE report 13558741 ↗InjuryFeb 15, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DOI (B)(6) 2014: THE INFECTION WAS CLEARED AND AN LPS DISTAL FEMUR, SEGMENT COMPONENT, SLEEVE ADAPTOR, FEMORAL SLEEVE, LPS TIBIAL HINGE INSERT, UNIVERSAL STEM, MBT TRAY, MBT SLEEVE, AND UNIVERSAL STEM (SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH PART/LOT) WAS IMPLANTED. A FREE LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP WITH VEIN GRAFTING TO CORRECT A LEFT KNEE SKIN DEFECT PRESENT BEFORE THE REVISION WAS ALSO PERFORMED. POSTOPERATIVELY, THE DEVELOPED ACUTE RENAL FAILURE REQUIRING INCREASING IV FLUIDS. THIS WAS CAPTURED IN (B)(4). (B)(6) 2014: THE LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP IS POSITIVE FOR PSEUDOMONAS AND STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA REQUIRING IV ANTIBIOTICS AND A WOUND VAC DRESSING TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE. THE INFECTION IS CLEARED THOUGH THE PATIENT IS TOLD TO REMAIN ON CHRONIC ANTIBIOTICS. DOI: (B)(6) 2014; DOE: (B)(6) 2014; AFFECTED KNEE.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 13535256 ↗InjuryFeb 15, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DOI (B)(6) 2014: THE INFECTION WAS CLEARED AND AN LPS DISTAL FEMUR, SEGMENT COMPONENT, SLEEVE ADAPTOR, FEMORAL SLEEVE, LPS TIBIAL HINGE INSERT, UNIVERSAL STEM, MBT TRAY, MBT SLEEVE, AND UNIVERSAL STEM (SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH PART/LOT) WAS IMPLANTED. A FREE LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP WITH VEIN GRAFTING TO CORRECT A LEFT KNEE SKIN DEFECT PRESENT BEFORE THE REVISION WAS ALSO PERFORMED. POSTOPERATIVELY, THE DEVELOPED ACUTE RENAL FAILURE REQUIRING INCREASING IV FLUIDS. DOE: (B)(6) 2014.
Patient problems: Renal Failure
MAUDE report 13535069 ↗InjuryFeb 15, 2022Osseointegration Problem; Osseointegration Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO ASEPTIC LOOSENING. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2021, UNKNOWN KNEE SIDE.
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties; Fall; Inadequate Osseointegration; Pain; Scar Tissue; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 13534866 ↗InjuryFeb 8, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
REVISION COMPLETED DUE TO PAIN AND SUSPECTED LOOSENING OF THE TIBIAL COMPONENT AT THE UNKNOWN INTERFACE. PATIENT SEEN IN CLINIC WITH TIBIAL PAIN POST REVISION TKA. STEM APPEARS TO BE MIGRATING OUT OF THE LATERAL CORTEX. A LOOSE TIBIAL COMPONENT IS SUSPECTED. TIBIAL WAS REMOVED WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY AND A TIBIAL REVISION WAS PERFORMED WITH A LONGER STEM AND A FULLY POROUS SLEEVE. THE FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS ALSO REPLACED AS IT WAS REMOVED TO ENHANCE EXPOSURE. THE PIN IS ALSO REPLACED AS IT IS PART OF THE NEW FEMORAL COMPONENT. DOI: (B)(6) 2015. DOR: (B)(6) 2022. AFFECTED SIDE: LEFT KNEE.
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Pain
MAUDE report 13481580 ↗InjuryNov 23, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A RIGHT KNEE REVISION TO ADDRESS INFECTION, PAIN, SWELLING, SYNOVITIS, REMOVAL OF FIBROUS TISSUE, AND TIBIAL COMPONENT LOOSENING. THE SURGEON HAD TO PERFORM A CORONAL PLANE OSTEOTOMY OF THE DISTAL FEMUR TO REMOVE THE WELL-FIXED FEMORAL COMPONENTS. THERE WAS NOTED TO BE REMOVAL OF CERCLAGE WIRES ON THE FEMUR THAT WERE PLACED PRIOR FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE WIRES WERE PREVIOUSLY PLACED DUE TO A COMPLICATION OR TO PREVENT ANY ISSUES.
Patient problems: Adhesion(s); Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available; Pain; Swelling/ Edema; Synovitis; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12862950 ↗InjuryNov 3, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RECEIVED INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO FEMUR WAS USED. THIS IS AN UNCEMENTED DEVICE, HOWEVER CEMENT IS UTILIZED TO COAT THE SPACER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANTIBIOTIC DELIVERY. BOTH SLEEVES SUBSIDED FROM THE ORIGINAL POSITION THEY WERE PLACED CONSIDERING THEIR POSITION ON X-RAY, HOWEVER IT WAS THE FEMORAL SIDE SLEEVE WAS MOVING AT THE TIME OF SURGERY.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 12749936 ↗InjurySep 28, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
PATIENT WAS REVISED LAST (B)(6) 2021 DUE TO STAGE 1 INFECTION. SURGERY WAS DONE AT AVITA ONTARIO HOSPITAL. THE 1ST REVISION WAS DONE ON (B)(6) 2016. DOI: (B)(6) 2016, DOR: (B)(6) 2021, RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 12542217 ↗InjuryAug 31, 2021Loss of or Failure to Bond; Loss of or Failure to Bond
MEDICAL RECORDS REVIEWED INDICATED THAT ON (B)(6) 2011 THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION RIGHT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TO ADDRESS FAILED RIGHT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY. THE SURGEON REPORTED FINDING BONE LOSS AT THE DISTAL END OF THE FEMUR. THE FEMORAL COMPONENT WAS NOTED TO BE GROSSLY LOOSE, IMPLANT/BONE INTERFACE. THE FEMORAL STEM WAS ALSO NOTED TO HAVE SUBSIDED. TIBIAL COMPONENT WAS WELL FIXED. CERCLAGE WIRE WAS PLACED AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE, THERE WAS NO FRACTURE. DEPUY COMPONENTS WERE USED DURING THIS PROCEDURE. THE INDICATIONS NOTED THAT THE PATIENT HAS HAD A PREVIOUS REVISION. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION RIGHT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY TO ADDRESS ASEPTIC LOOSENING OF THE FEMORAL STEM WITH SUBSIDENCE AND PAIN. THE SURGEON REPORTED FINDING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WEAR-TYPE DEBRIS, METALLOSIS FROM A CERCLAGE WIRE ON THE FEMUR RUBBING AGAINST THE METAPHYSEAL SLEEVE. DURING THE PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON NOTED THAT THE CERCLAGE WIRE HAD PENETRATED THROUGH THE DISTAL FEMUR AND WAS RUBBING AGAINST THE METAPHYSEAL SLEEVE. THE CERCLAGE WIRE WAS REMOVED. THERE WAS A VERY SCARRED BED FROM PREVIOUS SURGERIES. THE PATELLA BUT WAS NOTED TO HAVE HAD SOME MILD OXIDATION AND WEAR, BUT IT
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction; Pain
MAUDE report 12390867 ↗InjuryJul 16, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS CASE IS BEING LOGGED TO CAPTURE PATIENTS 1ST REVISION REPORTED IN (B)(4) - 3RD REVISION TO TREAT PAIN.
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 12180017 ↗InjuryNov 9, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ADDRESS PAIN. DOI: UNKNOWN, DOR: (B)(6) 2020, RIGHT KNEE.
Patient problems: No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 10810369 ↗
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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
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