NA 02.231.265Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 5.0MM VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKNG SCREW/SLF-TPNG/STRDRV/65MM · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982062208), received between Jul 21, 2022 and Apr 11, 2023 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K083025, K110354); they may or may not involve this specific model.
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 Problem2
- Break1
Patient problems
- Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture3
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 11, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, THE MEDICAL RECORDS RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF) DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURE DUE TO RIGHT PERIPROSTHETIC DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURE. ON (B)(6) 2022 THE PATIENT HAD A REVISION DUE TO NONUNION RIGHT DISTAL FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE ABOUT TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY (TKA). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 5.0MM VARIABLE ANGLE LOCKNG SCREW/SLF-TPNG/STRDRV/65MM. THIS IS REPORT 8 OF 11 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 16718067 ↗InjuryJul 21, 2022Break; Break
DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES REPORTS AN EVENT IN GREAT BRITAIN AS FOLLOWS: PATIENT SUSTAINED PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE (PPF) BELOW FEMORAL NAIL IN MARCH AND WAS FIXED WITH VA CONDYLAR PLATE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN (B)(6) 2022. PATIENT WAS READMITTED APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AFTER IMPLANT WITH PLATE FRACTURE. NO NEW TRAUMA. HAD BEEN MOBILIZING IN RESIDENTIAL HOME. NORMAL TO LOW BMI. FRACTURE NON-UNITED, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION. REVISION OCCURRED (B)(6) 2022. THIS IS REPORT 11 OF 11 FOR (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS FOR A LOCKING SCREW.
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 15079736 ↗InjuryJul 21, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES REPORTS AN EVENT IN GREAT BRITAIN AS FOLLOWS: PATIENT SUSTAINED PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE (PPF) BELOW FEMORAL NAIL IN MARCH AND WAS FIXED WITH VA CONDYLAR PLATE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN (B)(6) 2022. PATIENT WAS READMITTED APPROXIMATELY 3 MONTHS AFTER IMPLANT WITH PLATE FRACTURE. NO NEW TRAUMA. HAD BEEN MOBILIZING IN RESIDENTIAL HOME. NORMAL TO LOW BMI. FRACTURE NON-UNITED, BUT NO EVIDENCE OF INFECTION. REVISION OCCURRED (B)(6) 2022. THIS IS REPORT 9 OF 11 FOR (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS FOR A LOCKING SCREW.
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 15077740 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K083025, K110354. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1125-2014 · Feb 5, 2014 · TerminatedSynthes 5.0mm Variable Locking Screw This device is part of the Variable Angle Locking Compression Plate family and this technology included variable angle Combi holes in the plat
- Z-0401-2014 · May 29, 2013 · TerminatedSynthes 4.5MM TI VA-LCP CRVD Condylar Plate/6H/159MM/RT-STER Synthes 4.5MM TI VA-LCP CRVD Condylar Plate/6H/159MM/RT-STER is used for buttressing multi fragmentary diatal femur fra
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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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