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LCP 240.044Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 4.5MM LCP PROXIMAL TIBIA PLATE 12 HOLES/226MM-RIGHT · 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 10886982164599), received between Aug 30, 2018 and Aug 30, 2018 — classified as 1 injury.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (1 report).

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

  • Break1

Patient problems

  • Bone Fracture(s)1
  • Not Applicable1

Recent adverse event reports

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

  • InjuryAug 30, 2018Break; Break

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT PATIENT WAS ORIGINALLY TREATED WITH A BRIDGING EXTERNAL FIXATION OF THE KNEE ON AN UNKNOWN DATE DUE TO MOTOR VEHICULAR ACCIDENT. THE EXTERNAL FIXATION WAS REMOVED. THEN LATER THE PATIENT WAS PLATED WITH A LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP) PROXIMAL TIBIA PLATE AND SCREWS ON UNSPECIFIED DATE. IT WAS NOTED THE PATIENT WAS NON-COMPLIANT AND MONTHS LATER HAD A NON-UNION AND BROKEN PLATE. THE BROKEN PLATE WAS REMOVED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND A NEW PLATE WAS IMPLANTED.  CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: 5.0MM CANNULATED LOCKING SCREW 65MM (PART# 02.205.065, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 2); 5.0MM CANNULATED LOCKING SCREW 60MM (PART# 02.205.060, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 1); 5.0MM CANNULATED LOCKING SCREW 55MM (PART# 02.205.055, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 1); 4.5MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 30MM (PART# 214.830, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 3); 4.5MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 28MM (PART# 214.828, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 1); 4.5MM CORTEX SCREW SELF-TAPPING 26MM (PART# 214.826, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 1). THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Not Applicable

    MAUDE report 7834804 ↗

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