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VA-LCP 02.127.311Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 3.5MM VA-LCP PROX TIBIA PLATE LARGE BEND/4H/87MM/LEFT · Class 2 · Implant

All models of VA-LCP (256)

Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
0
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982043825), received between Oct 1, 2020 and Oct 1, 2020 — classified as 1 malfunction.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Use of Device Problem” (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

Device problems

  • Use of Device Problem1

Patient problems

  • No Consequences Or Impact To Patient1

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • MalfunctionOct 1, 2020Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

    DEVICE REPORT FROM (B)(6) REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR A MEDIAL TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE WITH A POSTERIOR STROKE OF THE RIGHT LEG. THE SPECIALIST CHOSE THE VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (VA LCP) 3.5 P / PROXIMAL TIBIA LARGE LEFT CURVED 4-HOLE PLATE, WHICH IS INDICATED FOR THE ANTERO-LATERAL PLATE OF THE CORRESPONDING SIDE, BECAUSE IT WAS BETTER SUITED THAN THE RIGHT AND POSTERIOR MEDIAL PLATES. IT WAS FIXED WITH 2 VARIABLE ANGLE SCREWS, A LOCKED SCREW AND A 3.5 MM CONICAL SCREW, ALL IN THE PROXIMAL PART AND IN THE DIAPHYSEAL PART WITH 2 CORTICAL SCREWS AND ONE LOCKED, SUPPORTED BY 1 CORTICAL SCREW OF 3.5 MM OF INTERFRAGMENTARY COMPRESSION AND ANOTHER 3.5 MM CORTICAL SCREW, SUPPORTED BY A 3.5 / 4.0 MM SCREW WASHER. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 3.5MM VA-LCP PROXIMAL TIBIA PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

    MAUDE report 10614568 ↗

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