VA-LCP 02.117.606Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982037046), received between Oct 8, 2018 and Oct 8, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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.

• InjuryOct 8, 2018Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2018, PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH ONE (1) POSTEROLATERAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE, ONE (1) MEDIUM EXTENDED MEDIAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE AND ONE (1) EXTRA LONG EXTENDED MEDIAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE. POST OPERATIVE, ON (B)(6) 2018, PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO A BROKEN EXTRA LONG EXTENDED MEDIAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE. PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A LONGER PLATE OF SAME TYPE. ALL PLATES WERE EXPLANTED DURING SURGERY. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH PATIENT OUTCOME AS SATISFACTORY. CONCOMITANT DEVICES: RIGHT, MEDIUM VA LCP POSTEROLATERAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE (PART: 02.117.602, LOT: UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 1). RIGHT, LONG VA LCP POSTEROLATERAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE (PART: 02.117.207, LOT: UNKNOWN, QUANTITY: 1). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) EXTRA LONG EXTENDED MEDIAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 7942912 ↗

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