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VA-LCP 02.107.208SRecalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP OLECRANON PL 8H/RT/169MM-STER · Class 2 · Implant

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

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982029324), received between May 18, 2020 and May 18, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K120070); they may or may not involve this specific model.

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

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • No Code Available1
  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryMay 18, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF A VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE OLECRANON PLATE DUE TO INFECTION. THE PATIENT'S STATUS IS UNKNOWN. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES 2 DEVICES. CONCOMITANT DEVICES: UNK - SCREWS: TRAUMA (PART NUMBER: UNKNOWN, LOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN, QUANTITY: 1). THIS REPORT IS FOR 1 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP OLECRANON PL 8H/RT/169MM-STER. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 10066758 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K120070. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0124-2016 · Sep 28, 2015 · Terminated
    Synthes 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP Medial Distal Humerus Plates 10H/RT/186mm- Sterile and Synthes 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP Extended Medial Distal Humerus Plates 10H/RT/189mm-Sterile The Synthes

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