VA-LCP 02.118.202Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982038302), received between Jan 14, 2019 and May 24, 2019 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Crack” (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 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryMay 24, 2019No Apparent Adverse Event; No Apparent Adverse Event

  THERE WERE SEVEN (7) PLATES AND TWENTY-SIX (26) SCREWS REMOVED. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES THIRTY-THREE (33) DEVICES. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). THIS COMPLAINT HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH THE 1 OF 33 DEVICES. PLEASE SEE THE LINKED COMPLAINTS (B)(4), (B)(4), AND (B)(4) FOR ADDITIONAL DEVICES.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 8640247 ↗
• InjuryJan 14, 2019Crack; Crack

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT HAD INJURY ON OR NEAR (B)(6) 2018 AND UNDERWENT IMPLANT PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2018. PATIENT HAD TWO METAL PLATES ATTACHED TO HER TWO LOWER LEG BONES. POST-OPERATIVE, THE PLATE WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE CRACKED ON (B)(6) 2018, VIA X-RAY. ON (B)(6) 2018, PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION SURGERY DUE TO A CRACKED VARIABLE ANGLE-LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE ANTEROLATERAL DISTAL TIBIA 4 HOLES/RIGHT. A CRACK HAD DEVELOPED IN ONE OF THE PLATES RUNNING FROM THE SIDE OF ONE OF THOSE HOLES TO THE EDGE OF THE PLATE. THE PLATE WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A LARGER ONE. THE SECOND SURGERY DELAYED THE PATIENT'S RECOVERY BY FOUR MONTHS. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. PROCEDURE AND PATIENT OUTCOME ARE UNKNOWN. CONCOMITANT DEVICE: SCREWS (PART UNKNOWN, LOT UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 10). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Code Available

  MAUDE report 8244912 ↗