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NA 207.026Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 4.0MM CANCELLOUS BONE SCREW PARTIALLY THREADED/26MM · Class 2 · Implant

Data updated Oct 16, 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 10886982147875), received between Mar 12, 2022 and Mar 12, 2022 — 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. 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 Problem1

Patient problems

  • Pain1
  • Wound Dehiscence1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryMar 12, 2022Adverse 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 REPORTS WITH PAIN, EFFUSION, DRAINAGE, AND AN INADVERTENT ARTHROTOMY OF THE LEFT KNEE STATUS POST IT BAND RELEASE AND TIBIAL INSERT REVISION. PHYSICIAN CONFIRMS A RECURRENT SUPERFICIAL WOUND DEHISCENCE OF THE SURGICAL SITE WITH DRAINAGE ON THE LATERAL ASPECT DUE TO THINNED SKIN SECONDARY TO THE IT BAND DEBULKING. THE JOINT CAPSULE ARTHROTOMY IS BULGING BUT IS INTACT. THE FLUID ACCUMULATION AFTER PHYSICAL THERAPY IS CAUSING THE SURGICAL SITE TO BREAK OPEN TO DRAIN. PATIENT IS PUT ON RESTRICTIVE MOVEMENT, GIVEN A COMPRESSIVE BANDAGE, STERI STRIPS, AND PROPHYLACTIC ORAL ANTIBIOTICS. ON (B)(6) 2022 THE WOUND DEHISCENCE IS HEALED WITH A SLIGHT BULGE. THE SITE IS CLEAN AND DRY WITH NO SIGN OF INFECTION, ERYTHEMA, OR SWELLING. THIS REPORT INVOLVES ONE (1) 4.0MM CANCELLOUS BONE SCREW PARTIALLY THREADED/26MM. THIS IS REPORT 2 OF 2 FOR (B)(4). THIS PRODUCT COMPLAINT, (B)(4), IS RELATED TO (B)(4) AND (B)(4). (B)(4) CAPTURES THE SURGICAL IT BAND RELEASE AND (B)(4) CAPTURES THE REVISION OF TIBIAL INSERT.

    Patient problems: Pain; Wound Dehiscence

    MAUDE report 13742114 ↗

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