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LCP 240.039Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 4.5MM LCP PROXIMAL TIBIA PLATE 6 HOLES/118MM-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 10886982164490), received between Mar 5, 2018 and Mar 5, 2018 — 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

  • No Code Available1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryMar 5, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT UNDERWENT ORIGINAL SURGERY FOR TREATMENT OF A PROXIMAL TIBIAL FRACTURE ON (B)(6) 2016. POST-OPERATIVELY, PATIENT COMPLAINED THAT WHEN THE WEATHER CHANGES,HER FEET WOULD FEEL VERY COLD ABOUT THE IMPLANT SITE. ON (B)(6) 2018, PATIENT UNDERWENT HARDWARE REMOVAL SURGERY AND THE FOLLOWING DEVICES FOURTEEN (14) WERE REMOVED - ONE (1) PROXIMAL TIBIA PLATE, ONE (1) LOCKING COMPRESSION TUBULAR PLATE, ONE (1) 8 HOLES LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE, TWO (2) 4.5 MM CORTEX SCREWS, FOUR (4) 5.0 MM LOCKING SCREWS AND FIVE (5) 3.5 MM CORTEX SCREWS .THERE WAS NO REPORTED MALFUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE DEVICES. ALL OF THE DEVICES WERE REMOVED EASILY AND THE PATIENT IS REPORTED TO BE IN STABLE CONDITION. THE HARDWARE REMOVAL SURGERY WAS COMPLETED WITHOUT ANY REPORTED DELAY. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 6 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: No Code Available

    MAUDE report 7313806 ↗

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