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NA 214.910Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 4.5MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 110MM · Class 2 · Implant

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 10886982154934), received between Dec 24, 2019 and Dec 24, 2019 — 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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem1

Patient problems

  • Impaired Healing1
  • 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.

  • InjuryDec 24, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF) OF ANKLE AND HARDWARE REMOVAL DUE TO NON-UNION. THE PATIENT WAS ORIGINALLY IMPLANTED WITH LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE AND LOCKING SCREWS ON AN UNKNOWN DATE. THE PATIENT WAS NON-COMPLIANT TO POST-OPERATIVE INSTRUCTION CAUSING A NON-UNION AND REMOVAL OF HARDWARE. MEDICAL INTERVENTION REQUIRED THE REMOVAL OF HARDWARE AND RE-INSTRUMENTING. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED. PATIENT OUTCOME IS UNKNOWN. THIS IS REPORT 3 OF 3 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Impaired Healing; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 9516452 ↗

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