NA 458.956SRecalls & reported problems
Synthes GmbH · 5.0MM TI LOCKING SCREW 56MM- FOR IM NAILS-STERILE · Class 2 · Implant
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 10886982231024), received between Jan 22, 2019 and May 7, 2019 — classified as 2 injuries.
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
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem2
Patient problems
- No Code Available2
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 2 most recent of 2 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryMay 7, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT HAD RIGHT INTERTROCHANTERIC HIP NONUNION AND UNDERWENT A CONVERSION TO RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH REMOVAL OF HARDWARE. THE SCREW FOUND WITHOUT DIFFICULTY AND THE DISTAL LOCKING SCREW REMOVED. THE PROXIMAL PORTION OF THE HIP DISLOCATED, AND THE PROXIMAL PORTION OF THE NAIL WAS OBTAINED AND THE UNKNOWN PLATE REMOVED. ORIGINAL IMPLANT DATE HAPPENED LAST (B)(6) 2018. PATIENT HAD A HIP FRACTURE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO TEN MONTHS AGO THAT WAS FIXED WITH INTRAMEDULLARY (IM) NAIL. PATIENT HAD WORSENING PAIN WHEN AMBULATING AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY WALKING, PAIN WAS QUITE SEVERE. PATIENT UNDERWENT PHYSICAL THERAPY AND HAD PAIN MEDICATIONS AND STILL HAVING DISCOMFORT. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS SURGICAL DELAY. THERE WAS WERE COMPLICATIONS WITH THE SURGICAL OUTCOME. PATIENT STATUS IS UNKNOWN. THIS COMPLAINT INVOLVES FIVE (5) DEVICES. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) 5.0MM TI LOCKING SCREW 56MM- FOR IM NAILS-STERILE. THIS REPORT IS 2 OF 5 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Code Available; Pain
MAUDE report 8588518 ↗InjuryJan 22, 2019Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, PATIENT WAS IMPLANTED WITH THE LONG INTRAMEDULLARY TITANIUM CANNULATED TFNA IN THE RIGHT FEMUR. POST-OPERATIVE, ON (B)(6) 2019, PATIENT UNDERWENT A TROCHANTERIC FEMORAL NAILING ADVANCED (TFNA) PROCEDURE DUE TO NON-UNION OF THE FRACTURE SITE. DURING THE REVISION SURGERY, THE TFNA WAS REMOVED AND TOTAL HIP WAS IMPLANTED. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS A SURGICAL DELAY. THERE WAS NO PATIENT CONSEQUENCE. THIS REPORT IS FOR ONE (1) LOCKING SCREW. THIS IS REPORT 1 OF 3 FOR (B)(4).
Patient problems: No Code Available
MAUDE report 8267629 ↗
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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 18, 2026. Data downloaded through openFDA, which notes it is not validated for clinical or regulatory use.
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