LCP 02.123.043Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 3.5MM LCP PERIARTICULAR PROX HUMERUS PL 5 HOLE/145MM/LT · Class 2 · Implant
All models of LCP (367)
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 2
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982042378), received between Mar 26, 2021 and Jan 16, 2024 — classified as 1 injury, 1 malfunction.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Material Twisted/Bent” (1 report).
1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K082625); 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 16, 2026.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
- Material Twisted/Bent1
Patient problems
- Discomfort1
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions1
- Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJan 16, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REMOVAL PROCEDURE DUE TO PATIENT DISCOMFORT/PAIN AND NONUNION. DEVICES WERE IMPLANTED APPROXIMATELY 11 YEARS AGO. THIS REPORT CAPTURES THE POST-OP EVENT OF DISCOMFORT/ PAIN AND NON UNION; WHILE RELATED COMPLAINT (B)(4) CAPTURES THE INTRA-OP EVENT OF SCREW BREAKAGE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 3.5MM LCP PERIARTICULAR PROX HUMERUS PL 5 HOLE/145MM/LT. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 4 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).
Patient problems: Discomfort; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture; Pain
MAUDE report 18519465 ↗MalfunctionMar 26, 2021Material Twisted/Bent; Material Twisted/Bent
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, THE HELICAL BLADE EXTRACTOR COLD WELDED WHILE USING FOR EXTRACTION OF HELICAL BLADE, INSERTED DRILL SLEEVES BROKE OFF AND PERIARTICULAR PROX HUMERUS PLATE LOCKING HOLE WAS STRIPPED AFTER INSERTING CORTICAL SCREW. SURGICAL DELAY AND PROCEDURE OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN. NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 3.5 LCP PERIARTIC PROX HUM PL 5 H/145/LT. THIS IS REPORT 3 OF 4 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 11576152 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K082625. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-0309-2011 · Sep 16, 2010 · Terminated3.5mm LCP Periarticular Proximal Humerus Plates Indicated for fractures and fracture dislocations, osteotomies, and nonunions of the proximal humerus, particularly for patients wit
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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