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VA-LCP 02.117.907SRecalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP LAT DSTL HUM PL 7H/LT/147MM XLNG-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 10886982037558), received between Sep 5, 2014 and Sep 5, 2014 — 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

Device problems

  • Break1

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjurySep 5, 2014Break

    DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES EUROPE REPORTS AN EVENT IN (B)(6) AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A PLATE FOR A LEFT HUMERAL FRACTURE ON (B)(6) 2014. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL THE (B)(6) 2014 BECAUSE THE PLATE BROKE. THIS REPORT IS 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT COM-(B)(4).

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant

    MAUDE report 4062727 ↗

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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