VA-LCP 02.117.502Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982036742), received between Oct 21, 2020 and Oct 21, 2020 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device-Device Incompatibility” (1 report).

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

Recent adverse event reports

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

• MalfunctionOct 21, 2020Device-Device Incompatibility; Device-Device Incompatibility

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE DURING AN UNKNOWN PROCEDURE, THE SURGEON WAS PLACING A VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE MEDIAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE 2 HOLE MEDIUM AND VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE LATERAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE 1 HOLE SHORT. THE SURGEON USED A CONDYLE AND WAS SHOOTING IN THE SCREW, TRYING TO CATCH THE DISTAL LOCK BUT IT WOULD NOT LOCK. THE SURGEON PULLED IT OUT AND ATTEMPTED TO USE ANOTHER SCREW BUT THAT SCREW WOULD NOT WORK EITHER. THE SURGEON LEFT THE SCREW IN THE PLATE UNLOCKED. AT THAT POINT IT BEHAVES AS A COMPRESSION SCREW. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. PATIENT OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THIS REPORT IS FOR 1 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP MEDL DSTL HUMERUS PL 2H/LT/82MM-MEDIUM. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 4 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 10715023 ↗

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