NA 02.231.665Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 5.0MM CANNULATED VA LOCKING SCREW/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 10886982062888), received between Jul 23, 2020 and Apr 14, 2023 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device Slipped” (2 reports).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (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
- Device Slipped2
- Device-Device Incompatibility2
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- No Code Available2
- Unspecified Infection2
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Malunion of Bone1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryApr 14, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020 THE PATIENT HAD A FALL AND SUSTAINED A PERIPROSTHETIC FEMUR FRACTURE REQUIRING OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF). THE PLATE AND SCREWS WERE MANUFACTURED BY SYNTHES. IMPLANTS DID NOT APPEAR TO BE REMOVED. ON (B)(6) 2021 X-RAY TAKEN SHOWED PERSISTENT DISPLACEMENT OF A PARTIALLY HEALED DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURE WITH LATERAL PLATE AND SCREW CONSTRUCT STABLE IN POSITION. ON (B)(6) 2021 INJECTION TO LEFT KNEE FOR PAIN PERFORMED. PAIN HAS PERSISTED DESPITE PHYSICAL THERAPY, BRACING, AND NERVE BLOCKS. ON (B)(6) 2021: SURGEON STATEED THAT THE LEFT KNEE IS LIGAMENTOUSLY LOOSE TO VARUS STRESS AND PAIN ON (B)(6) 2021 X-RAY RESULTS STATED THAT THERE IS A PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE IN THE DISTAL FEMORAL DIAPHYSIS THAT IS SUBACUTE TO CHRONIC. THERE IS ONE SHAFT WIDTH POSTERIOR DISPLACEMENT OF THE DISTAL FRACTURE FRAGMENT. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF HARDWARE FRACTURE OR LOOSENING. SURGEON STATES LEFT KNEE IS UNSTABLE LIKELY SECONDARY TO MALUNION OF THE FEMUR FRACTURE WITH RESULTANT SHORTENING. ON (B)(6) 2021: PATIENT SUSTAINED TWO FALLS RESULTING IN A PELVIC AND THEN A RIGHT HUMERAL FRACTURE. MEDICAL RECORDS DO NOT INCLUDE THE PRIMARY OPERATIVE NOTES, NOR THE REVISI
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Malunion of Bone; Pain
MAUDE report 16747876 ↗InjuryJul 23, 2020Device Slipped; Device-Device Incompatibility; Device Slipped; Device-Device Incompatibility
DEVICE REPORT FROM (B)(6) REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020 THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE REMOVAL OF OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL AND A CONDYLAR SUPPORT PLATE THAT HAD FAILED. THE DISTAL LOCKING SCREWS OF THE PLATE WERE LOOSE AND ONE WAS ALREADY EXPOSED OUTSIDE OF THE SKIN. AN ADDITIONAL REDUCTION WAS PERFORMED BUT THE SCREWS DID NOT BLOCK THE PLATE AND IT WAS DECIDED TO REMOVE ALL THE MATERIAL AND PUT A SPLINT IN ONE OF THE WOUNDS THAT WAS FOUND TO BE INFECTED. THE FIRST INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED BECAUSE THE DISTAL SCREWS OF THE PLATE CAME OFF. THE SECOND OPERATION WAS PERFORMED TO EXTRACT A SCREW THAT WAS EXPOSED THROUGH THE SKIN AND THE THIRD INTERVENTION WAS WHEN ALL OF THE MATERIAL WAS REMOVED. THE FIRST TWO INTERVENTIONS WERE PERFORMED TO REMOVE THE IMPLANT AND TRY TO CORRECT THE NEW FRACTURE, IN THE LAST SURGERY IT WAS SHOWN THAT THERE WAS AN INFECTION. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 5.0MM CANNULATED VA LOCKING SCREW/65MM. THIS IS REPORT 7 OF 9 FOR (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS LINKED TO (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10314049 ↗InjuryJul 23, 2020Device Slipped; Device-Device Incompatibility; Device Slipped; Device-Device Incompatibility
DEVICE REPORT FROM (B)(6) REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020 THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE REMOVAL OF OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL AND A CONDYLAR SUPPORT PLATE THAT HAD FAILED. THE DISTAL LOCKING SCREWS OF THE PLATE WERE LOOSE AND ONE WAS ALREADY EXPOSED OUTSIDE OF THE SKIN. AN ADDITIONAL REDUCTION WAS PERFORMED BUT THE SCREWS DID NOT BLOCK THE PLATE AND IT WAS DECIDED TO REMOVE ALL THE MATERIAL AND PUT A SPLINT IN ONE OF THE WOUNDS THAT WAS FOUND TO BE INFECTED. THE FIRST INTERVENTION WAS PERFORMED BECAUSE THE DISTAL SCREWS OF THE PLATE CAME OFF. THE SECOND OPERATION WAS PERFORMED TO EXTRACT A SCREW THAT WAS EXPOSED THROUGH THE SKIN AND THE THIRD INTERVENTION WAS WHEN ALL OF THE MATERIAL WAS REMOVED. THE FIRST TWO INTERVENTIONS WERE PERFORMED TO REMOVE THE IMPLANT AND TRY TO CORRECT THE NEW FRACTURE, IN THE LAST SURGERY IT WAS SHOWN THAT THERE WAS AN INFECTION. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 5.0MM CANNULATED VA LOCKING SCREW/65MM. THIS IS REPORT 6 OF 9 FOR (B)(4). THIS REPORT IS LINKED TO (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Code Available; Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 10312761 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under 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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