NA 202.834Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 2.7MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 34MM · Class 2 · Implant
Data updated Oct 16, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 3
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 3
- Recalls naming it
- 0
Summary
The FDA's MAUDE database contains 3 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982144836), received between Oct 13, 2021 and Sep 14, 2023 — classified as 3 injuries.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (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
Device problems
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
- Break1
Patient problems
- Pain2
- Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available1
- Foreign Body Reaction1
- Necrosis1
- Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1
- Skin Inflammation/ Irritation1
Recent adverse event reports
The 3 most recent of 3 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjurySep 14, 2023Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT IN (B)(6) OF 2008, THE PATIENT HAD A CAR COLLISION AND WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. HE UNDERWENT SEVERAL SURGERIES FOR ORTHOPEDIC INJURIES INCLUDING AN OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION FOR A FRACTURE-DISLOCATION OF HIS FEMORAL HEAD AND NECK AND A SACROILIAC SCREW FIXATION AND ANTERIOR PUBIC PLATE FOR A MALGAIGNE FRACTURE. ON (B)(6) 2008, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT ORIF LEFT FEMORAL HEAD, ORIF LEFT FEMORAL NECK, ORIF LEFT ANTERIOR COLUMN ACETABULUM, ORIF PUBIC SYMPHYSIS (SYNTHES PELVIC PLATE ACROSS HIS PUBIS EXTENDING TO THE LEFT HIP) AND PERCUTANEOUS ILIOSACRAL SCREW FIXATION DUE TO LEFT ACETABULAR FRACTURE AND LEFT FEMORAL HEAD FRACTURE. ON (B)(6) 2010, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT LEFT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH DEPUY COMPONENTS DUE TO HIP PAIN, METALLOSIS, TRAUMATIC ARTHRITIS LEFT HIP WITH FEMORAL HEAD AVASCULAR NECROSIS AND NONUNION FEMORAL HEAD FRACTURE, MALGAIGNE FRACTURE AND INTRAARTICULAR HARDWARE BROKE WITH SCREWS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR A 2.7MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 34MM. THIS IS REPORT 8 OF 10 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Foreign Body Reaction; Necrosis; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture; Pain
MAUDE report 17746256 ↗InjuryOct 18, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2022, THE SURGEON PERFORMED A REMOVAL OF HARDWARE DUE TO PAIN AND IRRITATION. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. NO FURTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE 2.7MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 34MM. THIS IS REPORT 8 OF 14 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Pain; Skin Inflammation/ Irritation
MAUDE report 15628444 ↗InjuryOct 13, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2021, THREE (3) PELVIC SCREWS AND FOUR (4) CORTEX SCREWS WERE REMOVED FROM THE PATIENT FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE IMPLANTS WERE ORIGINALLY PLACED IN THE PATIENT ON (B)(6) 2017. THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 2.7MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 34MM. THIS IS REPORT 5 OF 7 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available
MAUDE report 12623903 ↗
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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 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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