VA-LCP 02.211.244Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 2.4/2.7MM VA-LCP FIRST MTP FUSION PL/REV/0 DEG/RIGHT · 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
- 1
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982054388), received between Apr 17, 2018 and Apr 17, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.
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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Unspecified Infection1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
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 IMPLANTED WITH A 2.4MM/2.7MM VARIABLE ANGLE (VA) LOCKING PLATE AND EIGHTEEN (18) UNKNOWN 2.7MM LOCKING SCREWS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN (B)(6) 2018 TO TREAT A PATELLA FRACTURE. ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT WAS RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM TO REMOVE THE IMPLANTED DEVICES DUE TO FAILURE OF THE SKIN GRAFT AND AN INFECTION. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT ANY DELAYS . PATIENT OUTCOME WAS SATISFACTORY. AFTER THE INFECTION HAD HEALED, PATIENT WAS AGAIN RETURNED TO SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2018 WHERE SURGEON PERFORMED THE REVISION. PATIENT WAS REVISED TO ANOTHER 2.4MM/2.7MM VA LOCKING MESH PLATE, AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF 2.7MM LOCKING SCREW, AND A SKIN FLAP. SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AND PATIENT OUTCOME WAS AGAIN SATISFACTORY.
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 7436171 ↗
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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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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