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VA-LCP 02.117.905Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP LAT DISTAL HUMERUS PL 5H/LT/121MM - LONG · 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 10886982037527), received between Dec 8, 2020 and Dec 8, 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

  • Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryDec 8, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, THREE ELBOW PLATES AND SCREWS WERE REMOVED. THE PATIENT WANTED THE HARDWARE REMOVED. THE PROCEDURE OUTCOME WAS UNKNOWN. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP LAT DISTAL HUMERUS PL 5H/LT/121MM - LONG. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 4 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

    MAUDE report 10968732 ↗

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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