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NA 293.790Recalls & reported problems

Synthes GmbH · 5.0MM STEINMANN PIN WITH CENTRAL THREAD 225MM · 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 10886982181305), received between Sep 18, 2018 and Sep 18, 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

  • 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.

  • InjurySep 18, 2018Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

    IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT OPEN REDUCTION INTERNAL FIXATION (ORIF) OF THE TIBIA ON (B)(6) 2018. THE INITIAL NONUNION WAS CAUSED BY THE SEVERITY OF INJURY AND COMMINUTION OF BONE FRAGMENTS. NO IMPLANTS USED IN FIRST STAGE FIXATION CAUSED NONUNION. FIRST STAGE FIXATION WAS PERFORMED WITH (9) SYNTHES LARGE EXTERNAL FIXATOR ON (B)(6) 2018. BONE GRAFT WAS HARVESTED ON (B)(6) 2018 USING THE RIA SYSTEM OF WHICH THE RIA DRIVE SHAFT IS A PART. THE CHOICE TO HARVEST BONE GRAFT FROM FEMUR TO APPLY IT TO TIBIA TO PROMOTE FRACTURE HEALING. NONE OF THE EXTERNAL FIXATOR PARTS FAILED. NO PARTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR RETURN. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES NINE (9) DEVICES. THIS REPORT IS 9 OF 9 FOR (B)(4).

    Patient problems: Nonunion/Delayed-union Bone Fracture

    MAUDE report 7887357 ↗

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