VA-LCP 02.111.670SRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982032126), received between Oct 20, 2022 and Nov 4, 2024 — classified as 2 injuries, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device-Device Incompatibility” (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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryNov 4, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  THIS COMPLAINT IS FROM A DATA USE AGREEMENT (DUA). THE DUA SUMMARIZES 55 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT WRIST SURGERY BETWEEN 2008 AND 2023 UTILIZING DEPUY SYNTHES LCP DIA-META VOLAR DISTAL RADIUS PLATES (N=20), DEPUY SYNTHES 2.4 MM VA-LCP DORSAL DISTAL RADIUS PLATES (N=20), AND DEPUY SYNTHES 2.4/2.7 MM VA-LCP TWO-COLUMN VOLAR DISTAL RADIUS PLATE (N=15), EXTRA-LONG AT CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (CCF). PATIENT IS A 42-YEAR-OLD FEMALE. REASON FOR IMPLANTATION WAS FRACTURE REPAIR. POST OP COMPLICATION INCLUDE RETAINED PAINFUL HARDWARE, RIGHT RADIUS. TREATMENT/INTERVENTION INCLUDE RIGHT RADIUS HARDWARE REMOVAL. IMPLANT(S) INVOLVED: PLATE X1. COMBINATION OF 2.4 & 2.7 SCREWS X 8.

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 20599477 ↗
• MalfunctionSep 12, 2024Device-Device Incompatibility; Device-Device Incompatibility

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE DURING AN POLYTRAUMA (ACETABULUM, BILATERAL WRISTS, AND TIBIAL NAIL), A FEW PRODUCTS DID NOT WORK. TWO SUPRAPATELLAR HANDLES WERE USED AND UNABLE TO CONNECT THE NAIL. DURING PLACEMENT OF A SACROILIAC SCREW, A LONG EX FIX SLEEVE WAS USED AS A DRILL GUIDE AND THREE WERE BENT. TWO EXTRA LONG VOLAR DISTAL RADIUS PLATES WERE USED AND TWO DISTAL SCREWS DID NOT LOCK IN EACH PLATE. THEY USED A LOCKING TOWER AND SALES REP BELIEVE IT HAD DAMAGED THREADS THAT DAMAGED THE LOCKING MECHANISM INS OF THE PLATE. THEY USED A STANDARD INITIALLY THEN SWITCHED TO NARROW. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCES.

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 20202951 ↗
• InjuryOct 20, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THERE WAS AN INTRA ARTICULAR FRACTURE FIXATION FOR DISTAL RADIUS WITH EXTENSION TO RADIAL DIAPHYSIS. POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS WERE POLY TRAUMA WITH EXTENSIVE ARTICULAR EXTENSION, EPL RUPTURE, DRUJ INSTABILITY AND CHRONIC PAIN RETURN TO OR 17M S/P INITIAL FIXATION FOR ARTHROSCOPIC SYNOVECTOMY, RIGHT WRIST WITH RADIOCARPAL. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.4/2.7 VA-LCP 2-C DRP STD 6H HD/7H SHAFT/109MM/RT-STER. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 11 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Muscle/Tendon Damage; Pain

  MAUDE report 15641512 ↗