NA 02.118.542Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982039484), received between Jan 14, 2019 and Apr 19, 2023 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K120070, K120717, K120854); 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

Recent adverse event reports

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

• MalfunctionApr 19, 2023Break; Entrapment of Device; Device-Device Incompatibility; Material Twisted/Bent; Break; Entrapment of Device; Device-Device Incompatibility; Material Twisted/Bent

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2023, A WEAR AND POSSIBLE METALLIC FRAGMENT BROKE OFF INTO THE PATIENT WOUND. THE SCREW WAS UNABLE TO BACKED OUT BY THE T8 DRIVER SHAFT, WHEN EXCHANGING FOR A LONGER SCREW. INTERVENTION TO REMOVE METALLIC FRAGMENTS WAS PREFORMED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS ANY SURGICAL DELAY OR PATIENT CONSEQUENCES OR IF THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES ONE (1) DEVICE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.7 METAPHYSEA SCR SLF-TPNG T8 SD REC/42 THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 16773003 ↗
• InjuryJan 14, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2018, PATIENT HAD UNDERGONE AN ORTHOPEDIC REMOVAL PROCEDURE DUE TO PAIN. ORIGINAL DATE OF IMPLANT WAS ON (B)(6) 2012 FOR AN OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF) OF THE LEFT ELBOW. IT WAS NOTED THAT FRACTURE HAD ALREADY HEALED. DEVICES INVOLVED WERE ONE (1) 3.5 MM CORTEX SCREW 16MM, ONE (1) 3.5MM CORTEX SCREW 20MM, ONE (1) 3.5 MM CORTEX SCREW 24MM, ONE (1) 3.5MM CORTEX SCREW 26MM, ONE (1) VARIABLE ANGLE (VA)-LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) EXTENDED MEDIAL DISTAL HUMERUS PLATE, ONE (1) METAPHYSEAL SCREW, ONE (1) 2.7MM VA LOCKING SCREW SELF-TAPPING WITH T8 STARDRIVE RECESS 50MM, TWO (2) 2.7MM VA LOCKING SCREW SELF-TAPPING WITH T8 STARDRIVE RECESS 60MM, ONE (1) LCP POSTEROLATERAL DISTAL HEMERUS PLATE WITH LATERAL SUPPORT, ONE (1) 2.7MM LOCKING SCREW SELF-TAPPING WITH T8 STARDRIVE RECESS 14MM, TWO (2) 2.7MM LOCKING SCREW SELF-TAPPING WITH T8 STARDRIVE RECESS 16MM, ONE (1) 2.7MM LOCKING SCREW SELF-TAPPING WITH T8 STARDRIVE RECESS 20MM, AND ONE (1) 2.7MM LOCKING SCREW SELF-TAPPING WITH T8 STARDRIVE RECESS 60MM. ALL IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED EXCEPT FOR FOUR (4) SCREWS AS THE HEADS OF THE SCREWS WERE BROKEN OFF. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED WHICH AMONG THE SCREWS WERE

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 8245251 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K120070, K120717, K120854. 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