VA-LCP 02.211.266Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982054760), received between Jun 25, 2018 and Aug 12, 2024 — classified as 2 injuries, 2 malfunctions.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Operates Differently Than Expected” (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

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• MalfunctionAug 12, 2024Device-Device Incompatibility; Device-Device Incompatibility

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT A MIDFOOT FUSION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2024. THE DISTAL RIGHT LOCKING HOLE FAILED TO LOCK THE VARIABLE ANGLE (VA) LOCKING SCREW. IT WAS THE THIRD PLATE USED IN THE CASE AND THE SECOND SCREW IN THE PLATE. THE OTHER SCREWS AND PLATES HAD NO ISSUES. AFTER TRYING TO GET THE SCREW OUT TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE, THE SURGEON PULLED THE PLATE OUT TO GET THE SCREW OUT AS THE SCREW JUST KEPT SPINNING IN THE LOCKING HOLE. IT WAS REPLACED WITH A CLOVERLEAF FUSION PLATE INSTEAD. PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH A DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY TWENTY MINUTES. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 2.4/2.7MM VA-LCP TMT FUSION PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 2 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions

  MAUDE report 19967630 ↗
• InjuryApr 12, 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 #(B)(6) 60-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A VA LCP FOREFOOT/MIDFOOT PLATES (02.211.266) WITH 4 SCREWS. POST OP COMPLICATION WAS REPORTED FOR 1. NONUNION, LEFT FOOT. 2. PAINFUL INTERNAL FIXATION, LEFT FOOT. 3. TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT ARTHRITIS, LEFT FOOT. THE COMPLICATION IS NOTED TO BE RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE OR IMPLANTS. THERE IS NO DEVICE FAILURE NOTED TREATMENT: 1. REPAIR NONUNION, LEFT FOOT. 2. REMOVAL INTERNAL FIXATION, LEFT FOOT. 3. TARSOMETATARSAL JOINT ARTHRODESIS, LEFT FOOT. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE 2.4/2.7MM VA-LCP TMT FUSION PLATE FOR (B)(4).

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

  MAUDE report 19095662 ↗
• 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 #17 59-YEAR-OLD FEMALE WAS IMPLANTED WITH A VA LCP FOREFOOT/MIDFOOT PLATES (02.211.266) WITH 4 SCREWS. THREE ADDITIONAL ADJUNCTIVE FIXATION SCREW + BIOMATERIALS WAS USED FOR FIXATION / AUGMENTATION. POST OP COMPLICATION WAS REPORTED FOR 1. RIGHT FOOT PAIN, CHRONIC. 2. RIGHT FOOT OSTEOARTHRITIS POSTTRAUMATIC. 3. RIGHT FOOT COMPLICATION OF HARDWARE. THE COMPLICATION IS NOTED TO BE RELATED TO THE PROCEDURE OR IMPLANTS. THERE IS NO DEVICE FAILURE NOTED. TREATMENT: 1. RIGHT FOOT NAVICULOCUNEIFORM FUSION. 2. RIGHT FOOT HARDWARE REMOVAL. 3. RIGHT ILIAC CREST BONE GRAFT SMALL. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 2.4/2.7MM VA-LCP TMT FUSION PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 5 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 19089431 ↗
• MalfunctionJun 25, 2018Device Operates Differently Than Expected; Device Operates Differently Than Expected

  IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT UNDERWENT AN UNKNOWN FOOT PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2018. DURING THE PROCEDURE, SURGEON WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCK THE 2.7 MM VARIABLE ANGLE (VA) LOCKING SCREW TO THE 2.4/2.7 MM VA LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) TARSOMETATARSAL (TMT) FUSION PLATE. ANOTHER PLATE AND SCREW WAS USED TO COMPLETE THE PROCEDURE. DURING THE SAME PROCEDURE, SURGEON USED THE REAMER/IRRIGATOR/ASPIRATOR (RIA) IN THE FEMUR TO OBTAIN A BONE GRAFT. ONCE THE GRAFT WAS OBTAINED AND THE RIA WAS REMOVED FROM THE FEMUR, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE TIP OF THE RIA DRIVE SHAFT HAD BROKEN. FRAGMENTS FROM THE BROKEN DEVICE WERE NOT ABLE TO BE RETRIEVED AND REMAIN IN THE PATIENT. SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH A DELAY OF APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: 15.5 MM REAMER HEAD FOR RIA (352.257S, LOT NUMBER UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 1) THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.4/2.7 MM VA LCP TMT FUSION PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 3 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: No Consequences Or Impact To Patient

  MAUDE report 7635701 ↗