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NA 201.818Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 2.0MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 18MM · Class 2 · Implant

Data updated Oct 13, 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 10886982142993), received between Oct 19, 2018 and Oct 19, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.

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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • No Code Available1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryOct 19, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING THE IMPLANTATION PROCEDURE ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN OPEN TREATMENT OF LEFT ELBOW DISLOCATION WITH PRIMARY REPAIR OF ANTERIOR CAPSULAR AVULSION INJURY, A LEFT ELBOW RADIAL HEAD REPLACEMENT FOR FRACTURE AND A LEFT ELBOW PRIMARY REPAIR OF LATERAL ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT. ONCE THE INJURY WAS VISIBLE AFTER SUITABLE INCISION WAS MADE, THE SURGEON FOUND AN OBVIOUS CLEAR SOMATIC AVULSION OF THE LATERAL ULNAR COLLATERAL LIGAMENT OFF THE HUMORAL ATTACHMENT POINT, BUT THIS APPEARED TO BE INTACT DISTALLY ON THE ULNA. RADIAL HEAD FRACTURE SHOWED ALMOST FRAGMENTS. AFTER CLEANING THE WOUND SITE FOR BETTER VISUALIZATION OF THE OPERATING SITE, THE ARTICULAR SURFACE WAS LAGGED BACK TOGETHER WITH TWO (2) 2.0 MM LAG SCREWS, WITH HEADS COUNTERSUNK. THIS NOW STABILIZED THE ARTICULAR BLOCKS, WAS DIS-IMPACTED AND THEN A RADIAL HEAD LOCKING PLATE WAS APPLIED. ADDITIONAL LATERAL RADIOGRAPHS AFTER THE PROVISIONAL STABILIZATION SHOWED A NEAR-PERFECT REDUCTION; HOWEVER, THE ELBOW WAS WITH THE ELBOW BEING FULLY SUPINATED OR AT LEAST IN NEUTRAL POSITION. WITHOUT REALIZING THIS, THE SURGEON PROCEEDED TO STABILIZE IT FULLY WITH COMBINATION OF THREE (3) NONLOCKING SCREW

    Patient problems: No Code Available

    MAUDE report 7986776 ↗

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