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LC-DCP 224.60Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 4.5MM NARROW LC-DCP® PLATE 10 HOLES/178MM · 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 10886982158536), received between Jun 15, 2021 and Jun 15, 2021 — 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 15, 2021Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT REVISION OF A MIDSHAFT NONUNION IN THE LEFT HUMERUS AND RIGHT TIBIA. IN PATIENT'S HUMERUS, DYNAMIC COMPRESSION PLATES WITH LIMITED BONE CONTACT (LC-DCP) AND NARROW DYNAMIC COMPRESSION PLATES WITH LIMITED BONE CONTACT (LC-DCP) WERE REMOVED, ALONG WITH TWELVE CORTEX SCREWS. PATIENT WAS REVISED TO A NEW LCDCP LARGE FRAGMENT PLATE AND BONE GRAFT HARVESTED FROM THE PATIENT¿S TIBIA. IN PATIENT'S TIBIA, LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) AND LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) TUBULAR PLATE WERE REMOVED, ALONG WITH TWENTY-ONE CORTEX SCREWS. A RIA WAS USED IN THE TIBIA TO RETRIEVE BONE GRAFT. SURGEON CORRECTED THE DEFORMITY, AND PATIENT¿S TIBIA WAS REVISED WITH A TIBIAL NAIL ADVANCED, AND PLACEMENT OF NEW SCREWS IN REMAINING TWO PLATES. FRAGMENT WERE GENERATED AND WAS REMOVED EASILY. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH FIVE MINUTES SURGICAL DELAY. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 4.5MM NARROW LC-DCP PLATE 10 HOLES/178MM. THIS IS REPORT 36 OF 42 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 11999839 ↗

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