VA-LCP 04.117.802SRecalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 2.7MM/3.5MM TI VA-LCP LAT DSTL HUM PL 2H/RT/82MM MED-STER · Class 2 · Implant
All models of VA-LCP (256)
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 10886982106995), received between Jun 18, 2025 and Jun 18, 2025 — classified as 1 injury.
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.
Reports received per month
Most reported problems
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1
Patient problems
- Nerve Damage1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryJun 18, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2025, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OSTEOSYNTHESIS FOR A TRANSCONDYLAR FRACTURE OF THE RIGHT HUMERUS. AFTER THE SURGERY, SYMPTOMS OF RADIAL NERVE PALSY OCCURRED. THE SURGEON SUSPECTED INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLATE IN QUESTION AND THE RADIAL NERVE AND PERFORMED A REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2025, WITH THE AIM OF REMOVING THE PLATE AND PERFORMING MANIPULATION. NO INTERFERENCE BETWEEN THE PLATE AND THE RADIAL NERVE WAS OBSERVED. THE SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2025, WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO SURGICAL DELAY. ALTHOUGH NO INTERFERENCE WITH THE RADIAL NERVE WAS OBSERVED, THE SURGEON COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PLATE DESIGN, SAYING IT WAS PLACED TOO CLOSE TO THE RADIAL NERVE WHEN IN USE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Nerve Damage
MAUDE report 22284937 ↗
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 · TerminatedSynthes 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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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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