NA 355.399SRecalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · EXTRACTION HOOK - STERILE FOR TI CANNULATED NAILS · Class 1
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 10886982194961), received between May 18, 2020 and May 18, 2020 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Device-Device Incompatibility” (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
- Device-Device Incompatibility1
Patient problems
- No Code Available1
- Not Applicable1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMay 18, 2020Device-Device Incompatibility; Device-Device Incompatibility
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2020, DURING REMOVAL OF PROXIMAL FEMORAL NAILING SYSTEM (TFNA) LONG NAIL AND THE TITANIUM HELICAL BLADE, THE SURGEON REMOVED ONE (1) DISTAL INTERLOCK 5.0MM LOCKING SCREW AND PUT EXTRACTION INSTRUMENT ON THE HELICAL BLADE THEY THEN CONNECTED THE EXTRACTION BOLT TO THE PROXIMAL INSTRUMENTED END OF THE TFNA REMOVED THE HELICAL BLADE. THEY EXTRACTED THE BROKEN PROXIMAL END THEN PROCEEDED TO ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE DISTAL BROKEN PORTION OF THE TFNA NAIL WITH AN EXTRACTION HOOK WITH NO SUCCESS FOR 2-3 HOURS. THEN MOVED TO THE DISTAL FEMUR TO MAKE AN OPENING HOLE DISTAL TO THE NAIL SO THEY CAN DRIVE OUT THE NAIL FROM THE DISTAL (RETROGRADE) END. THEY PROCEEDED IN DRIVING THE NAIL UNTIL THE INSTRUMENTED PROXIMAL PORTION OF THE NAIL WAS EXPOSED OUTSIDE OF THE SOFT TISSUE. THEY PUT THE EXTRACTION HOOK BACK INTO THE NAIL AND PULLED IT COMPLETELY OUT. IT IS UNKNOWN THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. THE PROCEDURE WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. THE PATIENT OUTCOME WAS GOOD. THIS (B)(4) CAPTURES THE INTRAOPERATIVE EVENT THAT DURING REMOVAL THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION THAT WAS REQUIRED TO REMOVE NAIL WHILE, THIS (B)(4) CAPTURES THE OPS-OPERATIVE EVENT THAT THE BROKEN P
Patient problems: No Code Available; Not Applicable
MAUDE report 10067265 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Device record: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026 · View this device in AccessGUDID ↗
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026 · each report above links to its original FDA record
- Recalls: FDA Medical Device Recalls, file dated Oct 16, 2026
- Page last rebuilt: Oct 16, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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