CONSERVE® 38015004Recalls & reported problems
Microport Orthopedics Inc. · CONSERVE® BFH® HEAD 50MM SHORT NECK · Class 2 · Implant
All models of CONSERVE (74)
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 M684380150041), received between Aug 22, 2022 and Aug 22, 2022 — classified as 1 injury.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Corroded” (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
- Corroded1
Patient problems
- Loss of Range of Motion1
- Metal Related Pathology1
- Pain1
Recent adverse event reports
The 1 most recent of 1 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
InjuryAug 22, 2022Corroded; Corroded
ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT WAS DIAGNOSED ON 2006 WITH VASCULAR NECROSIS OF THE FEMORAL HEAD ON HIS RIGHT HIP. ON (B)(6) 2006 PATIENT UNDERGO RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY WITH WRIGHT PRODUCTS IN (B)(6) BARCELONA. AFTER HIS RIGHT TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY, PATIENT SUFFERED FROM PROGRESSIVE COXALGIA, WHICH RESULTED IN CESSATION OF THE MARCH AND REDUCED CAPABILITY TO WANDER AS WELL AS ARTICULAR AND PERIARTICULAR INFLAMMATION. PATIENT HAD A SERIES OF MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS ON (B)(6) 2019 AND (B)(6) 2019 WHICH CONFIRMED THE EXISTENCE OF A 97 MM PSEUDOTUMOR WHICH PRODUCED A CYSTIC LESION IN THE CORTICAL AREA OF THE ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY AND THE INSERTION OF THE GLUTEAL MUSCLES, WITH ATROPHY AND FAT SUBSTITUTION OF THE GLUTEUS MEDIUS AND MINOR, THE CAUSE BEING AN INFLAMMATORY REACTION DUE TO METALLOSIS, THAT IS, A CORROSION OF THE COMPONENTS MANUFACTURED BY WRIGHT. ON (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A BLOOD TEST THAT CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF CHROMIUM AND COBALT IN THE BLOOD, BEING VISITED URGENTLY BY DR. BELLOTI AND CONFIRMING THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL REACTION DUE TO PERIPROSTHETIC METALLOSIS IN THE RIGHT HIP, ESTABLISHING PROSTHETIC REPLACEMENT OF THE RIGHT HIP ONCE A PERIOD OF AT LEAST 3 MONTHS HAD
Patient problems: Loss of Range of Motion; Metal Related Pathology; Pain
MAUDE report 15267242 ↗
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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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