VA-LCP 02.127.250Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982043627), received between Apr 17, 2018 and Nov 15, 2023 — classified as 3 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 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryNov 15, 2023Adverse 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 HAD A REVISION SURGERY DUE TO THE NON UNION OF THE TIBIA. THE PATES WERE REMOVED AND WAS REVISED WITH A NAIL. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 3.5MM VA-LCP PROX TIBIA PLATE SMALL BEND/12H/207MM/RIGHT. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 10 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4). ADDITIONAL DEVICES ARE REPORTED UNDER RELATED COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 18144383 ↗
• InjuryJan 7, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED A PATIENT UNDERWENT TIBIAL HARDWARE REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2018, DUE TO INFECTION/ COMPARTMENT SYNDROME IN THE KNEE. A VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (VA LCP) POSTERIOR MEDIAL PLATE AND EIGHT (8) UNKNOWN SCREWS WERE REMOVED. THE HARDWARE WAS ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED IN (B)(6) 2018. PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. PATIENT IS DOING WELL. IT WAS STATED THAT THE PLATE WAS NOT BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF THE PATIENT¿S INFECTION. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 3.5MM VA-LCP PROXIMAL TIBIA PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 8223452 ↗
• InjuryApr 17, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WAS INITIALLY TREATED ON (B)(6) 2018 WITH EXTERNAL FIXATOR APPLICATION AND FOUR COMPARTMENT FASCIOTOMY AND WOUND VAC. IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT WAS DONE ON (B)(6) 2018 AGAIN. PLANNED EXTERNAL FIXATOR REMOVAL FOR DEFINITIVE OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION WAS PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2018 AND THE PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH PLATES AND SCREWS. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE OF THE WOUND WAS PERFORMED. HARDWARE WAS NOT REMOVED. SURGEON TREATING PATIENT CONSERVATIVELY AT PRESENT. SURGEON HAS STATED PATIENT IS NON-COMPLIANT DUE TO MENTAL STATUS AND HAS URINATED ON WOUNDS. THE PATIENT RETURNED TO SURGERY AGAIN ON (B)(6) 2018 FOR HARDWARE REMOVAL DUE TO INFECTION. THIS TIME HARDWARE WAS REMOVED IN ITS ENTIRETY/LATERAL AND MEDIAL SIDES. ALL HARDWARE WAS INTACT. PATIENT WAS DEBRIDED AND A NEW 4.5 LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) OF THE PROXIMAL TIBIA WAS INSERTED ON LATERAL SIDE. WOUND VACS WERE APPLIED TO BOTH SIDES. SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AND THE PATIENT WAS STABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 3.5 MM VA-LCP PROX TIBIA PLATE SMALL BEND/12H/207 MM/RIGHT. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 5 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Post Operative Wound Infection

  MAUDE report 7435964 ↗