VA-LCP 02.211.265Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982054746), received between Feb 22, 2019 and Apr 11, 2024 — classified as 4 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 4 most recent of 4 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

  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 #16 55-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A VA LCP FOREFOOT/MIDFOOT PLATES (02.211.265) WITH 6 SCREWS. TWO ADDITIONAL ADJUNCTIVE FIXATION BIOMATERIALS WAS USED FOR FUSION AUGMENTATION / BONE LOSS. POST OP COMPLICATION WAS REPORTED FOR WORSENING PAIN & SWELLING IN FOOT W/ PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE OF MIDFOOT CONSISTENT W/ NONUNION AND FAILURE ARTHRODESIS OF THE TALONAVICULAR JOINT. THE COMPLICATION IS NOTED TO BE RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE OR IMPLANTS. TREATMENT: 1. FIRST STAGE REVISION TALONAVICULAR ARTHRODESIS LEFT FOOT; REMOVAL OF DEEP HARDWARE HIGH TALUS NAVICULAR FIRST METATARSAL AND MIDDLE CUNEIFORM AND SECOND METATARSAL; DEBRIDEMENT NONUNION TALONAVICULAR CUNEIFORM ARTHRODESIS; PLACEMENT OF ANTIBIOTIC SPACER 2. SECOND STAGE CO

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture; Pain; Swelling/ Edema

  MAUDE report 19087433 ↗
• InjuryApr 10, 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 (B)(6) 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. HAND 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 67 PATIENTS WHO UNDERWENT HAND SURGERY AT CCF BETWEEN 2008 AND 2023 UTILIZING DEPUY SYNTHES (DPS) HAND PLATES. IMPLANTS INVOLVED WERE LCP COMPACT HAND PLATES OR VA LOCKING HAND SYSTEM. 3 PATIENTS WERE NOTED TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE PLATE IMPLANTED. DPS SCREWS WERE INVOLVED. THIS REPORT IS FOR PATIENT #1: 47-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A VA-LCP FOREFOOT/MIDFOOT SYSTEM 2.4/2.7 (02.211.265) WITH 7 SCREWS. THREE ADDITIONAL ADJUNCTIVE FIXATION SCREWS WERE USED FOR TALONAVICULAR & ARTHRODESIS. POS

  Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

  MAUDE report 19080165 ↗
• InjurySep 23, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, A PATIENT UNDERWENT HARDWARE REMOVAL OF OLECRANON DUE TO INFECTION AND INFLAMMATION. ONE (1) VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (VA-LCP) TITANIUM FUSION PLATE 3 HOLES, ONE (1) LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE 10 HOLES, 0NE (1) VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (VA-LCP) OLECRANON PLATE 6 HOLES, TWO (2) CORTICAL SCREWS, ONE (1) LOCKING SCREW, EIGHT (8) VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKING SCREWS, THREE (3) 2.7 CORTEX SCREWS AND TWO (2) CORTEX SCREWS WERE REMOVED. ALL HARDWARE WAS INTACT. THE ORIGINAL IMPLANT DATE WAS ON (B)(6) 2018, WITH OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF) FOR A GUNSHOT WOUND. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. PATIENT OUTCOME WAS COMPLETE AND STABLE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 10 FOR (B)(4). THIS COMPLAINT IS LINKED TO (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 9105034 ↗
• InjuryFeb 22, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT UNDERWENT A HARDWARE REMOVAL FROM ANKLE DUE TO INFECTED NONUNION ON (B)(6) 2019. HARDWARE REMOVED WAS ONE (1) LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE ONE -THIRD TUBULAR PLATE WITH COLLAR 5 HOLES/ 57MM, ONE (1) LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE ONE -THIRD TUBULAR PLATE WITH COLLAR 8 HOLES/ 93MM, ONE (1) 2.7MM VARIABLE ANGLE - LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE, ONE (1) 2.4/2.7MM VARIABLE ANGLE - LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE T-FUSION, ONE (1) 2.7/3.5MM VARIABLE ANGLE - LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE ANTEROLATERAL, TWO (2) UNKNOWN 2.7 CORTEX SCREWS, FIFTEEN (15) UNKNOWN 2.7MM VA LOCKING SCREWS, TWO (2) UNKNOWN 3.5MM LOCKING SCREWS AND ELEVEN (11) UNKNOWN 3.5MM CORTEX SCREWS. THE SITE WAS I&D AND ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT WAS PLACED IN BONE VOID AND THEN A MAXFRAME WAS PLACED. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. PATIENT STATUS IS STABLE. ORIGINAL IMPLANT DATE IS REPORTED AS (B)(6) 2018. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.4/2.7MM VA-LCP T-FUSION PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 4 OF 8 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Code Available; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 8362827 ↗