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VA-LCP 04.107.202SRecalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 2.7MM/3.5MM TI VA-LCP OLECRANON PL 2H/RT/90MM-STER · Class 2 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
1
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
1
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 1 adverse event report that list this exact device (DI 10886982099815), received between Sep 27, 2022 and Sep 27, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Use of Device Problem” (1 report).

1 other recall cover devices cleared under the same FDA submission (K120070); 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

  • Use of Device Problem1

Patient problems

  • Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjurySep 27, 2022Use of Device Problem; Use of Device Problem

    DEVICE REPORT FROM JAPAN REPORTS AN EVENT AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT SURGERY FOR A FRACTURE OF ELBOW BONE HEAD WITH THE PLATE AND SCREWS IN QUESTION. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE FIXATION WAS LOST. ON (B)(6) 2022, A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AND COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH A NEW PLATE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 2.7MM/3.5MM TI VA-LCP OLECRANON PL 2H/RT/90MM-STER. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 10 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 15490644 ↗

Recalls under the same FDA submission

These recalls involve devices cleared under K120070. One submission often covers many models, so check the product and lot details in each record.

  • Z-0124-2016 · Sep 28, 2015 · Terminated
    Synthes 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP Medial Distal Humerus Plates 10H/RT/186mm- Sterile and Synthes 2.7MM/3.5MM VA-LCP Extended Medial Distal Humerus Plates 10H/RT/189mm-Sterile The Synthes

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