VA-LCP 02.211.236Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982054227), received between Nov 15, 2023 and Apr 11, 2024 — 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.

• InjuryApr 11, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  POST MARKET STUDY REPORTED. IN COLLABORATION WITH DEPUY SYNTHES, DR. , TOGETHER WITH CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (CCF) DATABASE DESIGNERS, PROGRAM MANAGERS, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, AND BIOSTATISTICIANS, HAS DEVELOPED A REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS DATA ON 100 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT FOOT SURGERY AT CCF BETWEEN 2008 AND 2023 UTILIZING DEPUY SYNTHES (DPS) FOOT PLATES. SOME PATIENTS WERE NOTED TO HAVE ADJUNCTIVE DEPUY SYNTHES DEVICES USED OUTSIDE OF THE PLATES/SCREWS. PATIENT #7 60-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A VA LCP FOREFOOT/MIDFOOT PLATES (02.211.236) WITH 5 SCREWS. ONE ADDITIONAL ADJUNCTIVE FIXATION SCREWS WAS USED FOR 1ST MTP FUSION. POST OP COMPLICATION WAS REPORTED FOR ABSCESS POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION, RIGHT FOOT ; SEVERE INFECTION EXTENDING FROM THE 1ST INTERMETATARSAL SPACE FOLLOWING THE COURSE OF THE EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS TENDON OVER THE HIPJ. THE COMPLICATION IS NOTED TO BE NOT RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE OR IMPLANTS. THERE IS NO DEVICE FAILURE NOTED. REHOSPITALIZATION WAS REQUIRED FOR ABSCESS POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION, RIGHT FOOT ; SEVERE INFECTION EXTENDING FROM THE 1ST INTERMETATARSAL SPACE FOLLOWING THE COURSE OF THE EXTENSOR HALLUCIS LONGUS TENDON OV

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 19091374 ↗
• InjuryApr 11, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  FOOT PLATES IN COLLABORATION WITH DEPUY SYNTHES, DR. , TOGETHER WITH CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (CCF) DATABASE DESIGNERS, PROGRAM MANAGERS, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, AND BIOSTATISTICIANS, HAS DEVELOPED A REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS DATA ON 100 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT FOOT SURGERY AT CCF BETWEEN 2008 AND 2023 UTILIZING DEPUY SYNTHES (DPS) FOOT PLATES. SOME PATIENTS WERE NOTED TO HAVE ADJUNCTIVE DEPUY SYNTHES DEVICES USED OUTSIDE OF THE PLATES/SCREWS. PATIENT #12 75-YEAR-OLD MALE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A VA LCP FOREFOOT/MIDFOOT PLATES (02.211.236) WITH 5 SCREWS. POST OP COMPLICATION WAS REPORTED FOR PAINFUL HARDWARE, RIGHT FOOT. THE COMPLICATION IS NOTED TO BE RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE OR IMPLANTS. THERE IS NO DEVICE FAILURE NOTED. TREATMENT: REMOVAL OF PLATE AND 5 SCREWS, RIGHT 1ST METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE 2.4/2.7 VA 1ST MTP FUSN PL/MED/0 DEG/RT. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 6 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 19088667 ↗
• InjuryNov 15, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON OCTOBER 27, 2023, THERE WAS A REMOVAL OF PLATE AND SCREWS DUE TO NON-UNION AND THE SCREWDRIVER WAS DAMAGED. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.4/2.7MM VA-LCP FIRST MTP FUSION PL/MED/0 DEG/RIGHT THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 7 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4). THIS COMPLAINT IS RELATED (B)(4) WHICH CAPTURES THE SCREWDRIVER WHICH WAS DAMAGED DURING REMOVAL SURGERY.

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 18145110 ↗