VA-LCP 02.118.014Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982037824), received between Feb 21, 2020 and Jan 28, 2022 — classified as 2 injuries.

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 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryJan 28, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, PATIENT UNDERWENT A REMOVAL OF VARIABLE ANGLE MEDIAL TIBIA PLATE AND CORRESPONDING SCREWS DUE TO NONUNION. THE MEDIAL PLATE WAS ORIGINALLY PUT ON THE LATERAL SIDE OF THE PATIENTS TIBIA. SURGEON REMOVED ALL HARDWARE, CREATED AN OSTEOTOMY, THEN PUT IN A ZIMMER HINDFOOT NAIL AS WELL AS SYNTHES VA PROXIMAL TIBIA PLATE. PATIENT CONSEQUENCES WERE REPORTED. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.7/3.5 VA-LCP MED DSTL TIBIA PL/16 H/RT. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 14 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Malunion of Bone; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 13387331 ↗
• InjuryFeb 21, 2020Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL OF HARDWARE OF THE RIGHT TIBIA DUE TO NONUNION AND POSSIBLE INFECTION. THE 16 HOLE PLATE WAS REMOVED WITH NO DIFFICULTIES. FOUR (4) OF THE 2.7MM VARIABLE ANGLE (VA) LOCKING SCREWS IN THE DISTAL END OF THE PLATE WERE BROKEN. THESE WERE TREPHINED OUT AND REMOVED USING CONICAL EXTRACTION DEVICE FROM SCREW REMOVAL SET. ALL HARDWARE WAS REMOVED SUCCESSFULLY. THE HARDWARE CONSISTED OF ONE (1) 16 HOLE VARIABLE ANGLE (VA) LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) MEDIAL DISTAL TIBIA PLATE, FOUR (4) 2.7MM VARIABLE ANGLE (VA) LOCKING SCREWS, ONE (1) 3.5MM CORTEX SCREWS, TWO (2) ZIMMER CANNULATED SCREWS. PATIENT STATUS WAS UNKNOWN. THIS IS REPORT 6 OF 6 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

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

  MAUDE report 9742225 ↗