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LCP 222.223Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · LCP PROXIMAL LATERAL TIBIA PLATE 7 HOLES/180MM-LEFT · Class 2 · Implant

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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 10886982156570), received between Feb 17, 2017 and Feb 17, 2017 — 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

  • Unspecified Infection1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryFeb 17, 2017Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT WHO INITIALLY UNDERWENT SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2016 FOR A LEFT TIBIA FRACTURE, WAS RETURNED TO THE OPERATING ROOM ON (B)(6) 2017 FOR THE REMOVAL OF A PLATE AND EIGHT SCREWS DUE TO A PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION AT THE IMPLANT SITE. THE PATIENT WAS DESCRIBED AS ¿VERY SICK WITH A LOT OF OTHER HEALTH ISSUES.¿ IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE INITIAL SURGERY IN DECEMBER WAS PROLONGED DUE TO THE STATUS OF THE PATIENT¿S HEALTH. DURING THE PROCEDURE ON (B)(6), ALL HARDWARE WAS REMOVED INTACT AND WITHOUT DIFFICULTY. THE SURGEON IRRIGATED THE SITE AND FURTHER TREATMENT IS UNKNOWN. THERE WAS NO DELAY REPORTED AND THE SURGERY WAS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 7 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

    MAUDE report 6338870 ↗

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