NA 04.005.536Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 10 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982086044), received between Apr 9, 2019 and Jul 25, 2022 — classified as 10 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Migration” (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 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 10 most recent of 10 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• 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: (B)(6): A 32-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A WEAKNESS IN LEG, WHICH RESOLVED WITH PHYSICAL THERAPY. (B)(6): : AN 81-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD A PERSISTENT SWELLING ABOUT KNEE 1.5 YEARS POSTOPERATIVELY, COMPRESSION. (B)(6): A 58-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD A PULMONARY EMBOLISM. (B)(6): A 35-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PATIENT HAD DIFFICULT REDUCTION INTRAOPERATIVELY AND HAD RESIDUAL SORENESS AT INCISION SITE POSTOPERATIVELY. (B)(6): A 16-YEAR-OLD MALE PATIENT HAD PAIN WITH IMPLANTS LEADING TO REHOSPITALIZATION FOR ADJUNCTIVE PLATE REMOVAL, LFN WAS NOT REVISED (B)(6)

  Patient problems: Ambulation or Postural Difficulties

  MAUDE report 15093810 ↗
• 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 15093186 ↗
• InjuryJul 21, 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: Bone Fracture(s)

  MAUDE report 15076091 ↗
• InjuryJul 21, 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: Hemorrhage/Blood Loss/Bleeding

  MAUDE report 15074728 ↗
• 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: Extraskeletal ossification

  MAUDE report 15065394 ↗
• InjuryJul 20, 2022Migration; Migration

  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: Failure of Implant

  MAUDE report 15065106 ↗
• InjuryFeb 4, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, PATIENT UNDERWENT A REMOVAL OF HARDWARE DUE TO PAIN. THERE WAS NO MALFUNCTION IN HARDWARE NOTED. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. PATIENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE (1) 5.0MM TI LOCKING SCREW W/T25 STARDRIVE 46MM FOR IM NAILS. THIS IS REPORT 5 OF 5 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Pain

  MAUDE report 13451317 ↗
• InjuryNov 9, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, A PATIENT UNDERWENT A PROCEDURE TO TREAT THE DISTAL TIBIA AND FIBULA FRACTURE WITH A TIBIA NAIL AND FIBULA PLATE. THE PATIENT HAD ZERO HEALING PROPERTIES AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE PATIENTS DISTAL LEG WAS QUITE ROTTING OFF. ON (B)(6) 2021 THE TIBIA NAIL ALONG WITH FIVE (5) 5.0MM LOCKING SCREWS WERE REMOVED AND PATIENT'S LEG WAS AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEE. CLINICAL OUTCOME EXPERIENCED BY THE PATIENT WAS INFECTION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 5.0MM TI LOCKING SCREW W/T25 STARDRIVE 46MM FOR IM NAILS. THIS IS REPORT 4 OF 7 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Necrosis; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 12779345 ↗
• InjuryAug 23, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT FOR A REMOVAL SURGERY. DURING THE SURGERY, ALL DEVICES WERE INTACT, NO ITEMS WERE BROKEN, AND WERE REMOVED SUCCESSFULLY AND WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. ORIGINALLY, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT FOR REMOVAL HARDWARE OF A LEFT TIBIAL SHAFT FRACTURE FOR INFECTION ON (B)(6) 2020. THE CURRENT REMOVAL SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITHOUT ANY DELAY. THE PATIENT WAS FIN POSTOPERATIVELY. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES 13 DEVICES. THIS REPORT IS FOR (1) 5.0MM TI LOCKING SCREW W/T25 STARDRIVE 46MM FOR IM NAILS. THIS REPORT IS 2 OF 13 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 12356677 ↗
• InjuryApr 9, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT HAD OPEN REDUCTION AND INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF) ON AN UNKNOWN DATE IN 2012. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REMOVAL OF A TIBIAL NAIL, LOCKING SCREW 72MM, LOCKING SCREW 40MM, TWO (2) LOCKING SCREW 36MM, AND LOCKING SCREW 46MM DUE TO PARTIAL NON-UNION, DELAYED HEALING, INFLAMMATION AND INFECTION. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. PATIENT STATUS WAS SATISFACTORY. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) LOCKING SCREW 46MM. THIS IS REPORT 5 OF 6 FOR (B)(4).

  Patient problems: Inflammation; No Code Available; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 8496533 ↗