LCP 224.551Recalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 4.5MM NARROW LCP® PLATE 5 HOLES/98MM · Class 2 · Implant
All models of LCP (367)
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 10886982158444), received between Jun 22, 2017 and Jun 22, 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
- 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.
InjuryJun 22, 2017Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON (B)(6) 2016. INITIAL TREATMENTS INCLUDED MULTIPLE EXTERNAL FIXATION (EX-FIX) AT MULTIPLE ANATOMIC SITES, AS WELL AS TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION OF THE LOWER LEFT LEG. DURING THE FOLLOWING WEEKS PATIENT WAS RETURNED FOR SEVERAL SURGERIES WITH MULTIPLE SURGEONS TO TREAT FRACTURES OF THE LEFT FEMUR, RIGHT TIBIA, FOREARM, HAND, AND BI-LATERAL HUMERI. THE RIGHT HUMERUS WAS ORIGINALLY TREATED ON (B)(6) 2016 AND WAS LATER REVISED ON (B)(6) 2016 DUE TO NON-UNION. THIS REVISION IS ADDRESSED IN COM-(B)(4). PATIENT WAS AGAIN RETURNED TO SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2017 DUE TO HYPER-TROPHIC NON-UNION OF THE SAME RIGHT HUMERUS FRACTURE. DURING REVISION PROCEDURE, SURGEON REMOVED ONE (1) 3.5MM LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) PLATE, ONE (1) 4.5MM NARROW LCP PLATE, FOUR (4) SMALL FRAGMENT SCREWS, AND FOUR (4) LARGE FRAGMENT SCREWS. ALL HARDWARE WAS REMOVED INTACT. PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A TEMPORARY DEVICE AND AN ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT SPACER TO INITIATE THE MASQUELET TECHNIQUE. THE PRESENCE OF INFECTION HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED OR RULED OUT. PATIENT WILL REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL SURGERY FOR THIS FRACTURE. BONE GRAFTING AND DEFINITIVE FRACTURE FIX
Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture
MAUDE report 6660019 ↗
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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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