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LCP 242.104Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 4.5MM LCP® PROXIMAL FEMUR PLATE 4 HOLES/175MM-LEFT · Class 2 · Implant

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Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy

Adverse event reports
2
Deaths reported
0
Injuries reported
2
Recalls naming it
0

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 2 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 10886982167927), received between Aug 1, 2018 and Jun 24, 2020 — classified as 2 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (2 reports).

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 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Device problems

  • Break2

Patient problems

  • Failure of Implant1
  • No Code Available1
  • Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture1
  • Pain1

Recent adverse event reports

The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

  • InjuryJun 24, 2020Break; Break

    UPDATED EVENT DESCRIPTION: IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, A PATIENT UNDERWENT HARDWARE REMOVAL DUE TO PAIN AND A LEFT PROXIMAL FEMUR BROKEN PLATE FOR A BROKEN HIP. THE PATIENT HAD A PRIMARY HIP REPLACEMENT WITH REVISION PARTS PUT IN. THE ORIGINAL DATE OF THE IMPLANT WAS UNKNOWN. IT IS UNKNOWN IF IT WAS A (4) OR (6) HOLE PLATE, BUT IT WAS ONE OF THE TWO, A LEFT-SIDED PLATE. THERE ARE PATIENT CONSEQUENCES. CONCOMITANT DEVICE REPORTED: SCREWS: TRAUMA (PART NUMBER UNKNOWN, LOT UNKNOWN, QUANTITY UNKNOWN). THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) UNKNOWN PLATE. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: No Code Available; Pain

    MAUDE report 10190788 ↗
  • InjuryAug 1, 2018Break; Break

    DEVICE REPORT FROM SYNTHES EUROPE REPORTS AN EVENT IN (B)(6) AS FOLLOWS: IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT AN OSTEOSYNTHESIS SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2017 TO TREAT THE LEFT PROXIMAL FEMUR FRACTURE. ON (B)(6) 2018 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REMOVAL OF A LOCKING COMPRESSION PLATE (LCP), (4) CORTICAL SCREWS AND (2) LOCKING SCREWS DUE TO POSTOPERATIVE PLATE BREAKAGE. THE PATIENT HAD PSEUDARTHROSIS THAT CAUSED THE PLATE TO BE BROKEN. THERE WERE NO FRAGMENTS GENERATED FROM THE BROKEN DEVICE. THERE WAS NO SURGICAL DELAY. THE PLATE AND (6) SCREWS WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED FOR A LONGER PLATE, AND THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. PATIENT OUTCOME WAS NOT REPORTED. CONCOMITANT DEVICES REPORTED: UNKNOWN CORTICAL SCREWS 4.5MM (PRODUCT# UNKNOWN, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 4); UNKNOWN LOCKING SCREWS 7.3MM (PRODUCT# UNKNOWN, LOT# UNKNOWN, QUANTITY 2) . THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 1 FOR COMPLAINT (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Failure of Implant; Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 7739403 ↗

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