VA-LCP 02.118.013Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982037800), received between Jan 19, 2018 and Jan 19, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJan 19, 2018Break; Break

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH A SYNTHES 2.7 / 3.5 MM VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (VA-LCP) MEDIAL DISTAL PLATE, SEVEN (7) 3.5 MM CORTEX SCREWS, AND FOUR (4) 2.7 MM VA LOCKING SCREWS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN (B)(6) 2017. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE PLATE HAD BROKEN AND THAT THERE WAS A NON-UNION OF THE FRACTURE, AND THE SURGEON INDICATED THAT HE PERMITTED THE PATIENT TO WEIGHT BEAR PREMATURELY. ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT WAS RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM WHERE THE IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED AND THE PATIENT WAS REVISED TO AN UNKNOWN TIBIAL NAIL. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT DELAY AND THE PATIENT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: 3.5 MM CORTEX SCREWS (PART# UNKNOWN, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 7), 2.7 MM VA LOCKING SCREWS (PART# UNKNOWN, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 4). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.7/3.5 MM VA-LCP MEDIAL DISTAL TIBIA PLATE/14 HOLES/LEFT. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Code Available; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 7205446 ↗