NA 04.003.028Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 6.5MM TI RECON SCREW WITH T25 STARDRIVE 90MM · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 12
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 12
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 12 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982081599), received between Mar 9, 2018 and Aug 11, 2023 — classified as 12 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).
2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K040336, K172157); 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 Problem11
- Break1
Patient problems
- Adhesion(s)2
- Fatigue2
- Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture2
- Pain2
- Unspecified Infection2
- Ambulation or Postural Difficulties1
- Bone Fracture(s)1
- Extraskeletal ossification1
Recent adverse event reports
The 12 most recent of 12 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 11, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2023, A PATIENT CAME IN FROM AN OUTSIDE INSTITUTION WITH A NON UNION OF THE FEMUR FOR A REVISION SURGERY. SURGEON REMOVED ALL IMPLANTS INCLUDING NAIL, AND 4 SCREWS. SURGEON REVISED FEMUR FRACTURE SITE, AND REINSERTED NAIL THAT WAS INITIALLY PLACED WITH NEW SCREWS. REVISION SURGERY COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. ORIGINAL IMPLANT DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 6.5MM TI RECON SCREW WITH T25 STARDRIVE 90MM. THIS IS REPORT 4 OF 5 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 17512327 ↗InjuryJul 25, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE (B)(6) HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT 5: A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT 6: AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT 8: A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT 9: A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT 13: A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, LFN WAS NOT
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 15094110 ↗InjuryJul 25, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT 5: A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT 6: AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT 8: A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT 9: A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT 13: A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, L
Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties
MAUDE report 15093820 ↗InjuryJul 25, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT (B)(6): A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT (B)(6): AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT (B)(6): A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT (B)(6): A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT (B)(6): A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJ
Patient problems: Pain
MAUDE report 15093707 ↗InjuryJul 25, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT 5: A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT 6: AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT 8: A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT 9: A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT 13: A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, L
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 15093174 ↗InjuryJul 20, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE (B)(6) HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT (B)(6): A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT (B)(6): AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT (B)(6): A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT(B)(6): A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT (B)(6): A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLAT
Patient problems: Adhesion(s)
MAUDE report 15065582 ↗InjuryJul 20, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT 5: A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT 6: AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT 8: A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT 9: A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT 13: A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, L
Patient problems: Adhesion(s)
MAUDE report 15065572 ↗InjuryJul 20, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE (B)(6) HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT 5: A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT 6: AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT 8: A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT 9: A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT 13: A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, LFN WAS NOT
Patient problems: Extraskeletal ossification
MAUDE report 15065358 ↗InjuryJul 19, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE (B)(6) METHODIST HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT 5: A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT 6: AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT 8: A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT 9: A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT 13: A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, LF
Patient problems: Fatigue
MAUDE report 15051999 ↗InjuryJul 19, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
THIS REPORT IS BEING FILED AFTER THE REVIEW OF A CLINICAL EVALUATION REPORT (CER) FROM A RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITY DATABASE (DDRA) [SUMMARY OF RETROSPECTIVE DATA FOR PATIENTS TREATED WITH THE LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, ADOLESCENT LATERAL FEMORAL NAIL, AND THE FEMORAL RECON NAIL]. BETWEEN JANUARY 2014 AND OCTOBER 2021, A TOTAL OF 300 PATIENTS (219 PATIENTS TREATED WITH LFN, 56 PATIENTS TREATED WITH ALFN, AND 25 PATIENTS TREATED WITH FRN) WERE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IF THEY HAD EITHER 9 MONTHS OF FOLLOW-UP OR EVIDENCE OF HEALING. THE FOLLOWING COMPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE BRONSON METHODIST HOSPITAL¿S ORTHOPEDIC INPATIENT DATABASE: LFN GROUP: PATIENT 5: A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. PATIENT 6: AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. PATIENT 8: A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. PATIENT 9: A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. PATIENT 13: A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, L
Patient problems: Fatigue
MAUDE report 15051966 ↗InjuryAug 9, 2019Break; Break
ON (B)(6) 2018, THE PATIENT HAD A REMOVAL OF THE TITANIUM LOCKING SCREW DUE TO INCREASED PAIN AND BASED ON THE X-RAY THAT WAS TAKEN ON (B)(6) 2018 REVEALED RIGHT FEMUR NECK FRACTURE OF THE PROXIMAL HARDWARE SCREWS AND A FRACTURED HIP BALL. THE PATIENT ALSO UNDERWENT A TOTAL RIGHT HIP ARTHROPLASTY. ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT FELL FROM THE BASEMENT STAIRS. ON (B)(6) 2017, THE PATIENT WAS SENT TO (B)(6) HOSPITAL, (B)(6) AND WAS IMPLANTED WITH UNKNOWN TITANIUM ROD AND TITANIUM LOCKING SCREW. ON (B)(6) 2017, AFTER 10 MONTHS OF CONTINUOUS AND INCREASING PAIN THE PATIENT HAD AN X-RAY OF THE PATIENTS HIP AND IMPLANT AND SHOWED NORMAL RECOVERY AND EXPLAINED THAT THE PAIN WOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH. ON (B)(6) 2018, AN ADJUSTMENT WAS DONE TO PLACE DISLOCATED HIP BALL BACK INTO PROPER POSITION OF HER RIGHT HIP. ON (B)(6) 2018, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE SCREWS WERE BROKEN WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR IMPACT. THE PATIENT STILL SUFFERS FROM PAIN AND HAS DIFFICULTY WITH MOVEMENT AND BALANCE SINCE THE EFFORT TO STABILIZE HER FRACTURED LEG. THERE WAS AN ADDITION OF AN INCH OF LEG LENGTH TO HER FRACTURED LEG WITH THE COMPLICATIONS FROM BROKEN SCREWS AND HAS SUBSEQUENTLY FRACTURED HER SACRUM VERTICALLY AND HORIZ
Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 8879093 ↗InjuryMar 9, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT A HARDWARE REMOVAL TOOK PLACE DUE TO INFECTION CLOSE TO IMPLANT SITE. PATIENT WAS ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED ON (B)(6) 2016 WITH A NAIL FOR A FEMORAL SHAFT FRACTURE. PATIENT NOW WANTED THE PARTS OUT. THERE WAS A NON-RELATED INJURY TO THE MEDIAL SIDE OF THE KNEE (ABRASION) AND THAT SITE GOT INFECTED WHICH CORRESPONDED TO ONE OF THE SCREWS¿ PATHS. PATIENT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE INFECTION WOULD GET TO THE IMPLANT. PATIENT WAS HEALED AT THE IMPLANT SITE. PATIENT ENDED UP WITH AN ANTIBIOTIC NAIL MADE UP OF CEMENT AND GENTAMICIN. PROCEDURE COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY AND PATIENT WAS IN STABLE CONDITION. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 6.5MM RECON SCREW 90MM. (B)(4).
Patient problems: Unspecified Infection
MAUDE report 7327677 ↗
Recalls under the same FDA submission
These recalls involve devices cleared under K040336, K172157. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.
- Z-1915-2015 · May 27, 2015 · TerminatedDePuy Synthes 6.5 mm Titanium Recon Screws w/T25 Stardrive (70mm, 75mm, 80mm, 85mm, 90mm, 95mm, 105mm); part of the Expert Lateral Femur Nail System and indicated to stabilize Sub
- Z-2058-2013 · Nov 2, 2012 · TerminatedSynthes Trauma Nail System. The devices are indication for bone fixation.
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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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