EXPert Nail 04.003.752SRecalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982082831), received between Jul 19, 2022 and Jul 19, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

2 other recalls cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K040336); 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

Recent adverse event reports

The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• 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: Pulmonary Embolism

  MAUDE report 15053042 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K040336. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

• Z-1915-2015 · May 27, 2015 · Terminated
  DePuy 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 · Terminated
  Synthes Trauma Nail System. The devices are indication for bone fixation.