CONSERVE® 38AM4404Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 6 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI M68438AM44041), received between May 20, 2019 and Sep 8, 2025 — classified as 6 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (5 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. How this data works · Data updated Oct 13, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 6 most recent of 6 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjurySep 8, 2025Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT HAD HIP PAIN WITH HIGH METAL ION LEVEL. THERE WAS ALSO A PRESENCE OF A PSEUDO TUMOR. A 44 A-CLASS HEAD WAS PULLED OUT. NONE OF OUR PRODUCTS WERE IMPLANTED IN THIS REVISION CASE.

  Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology; Pain

  MAUDE report 22999150 ↗
• InjuryDec 11, 2023Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ALLEGEDLY, HIP REVISION SURGERY SCHEDULE FOR (B)(6).

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 18302702 ↗
• InjuryMay 12, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  ALLEGEDLY, ON (B)(6) 2008, PLAINTIF HAD A LEFT HIP IMPLANTATION SURGERY. THE WRIGHT MEDICAL HIP COMPONENTS THAT WERE IMPLANTED INCLUDED: A CONSERVE PLUS CUP COBALT-CHROMIUM CUP (LOT NO. 107476061); A PROFEMUR PLASMA Z STEM TITANIUM STEM (LOT NO. 117488870); A PROFEMUR TITANIUM NECK (LOT NO. 107484845); AND, A CONSERVE TOTAL A-CLASS HEAD COBALT-CHROMIUM HEAD (LOT NO. 087466397). ON (B)(6) 2009 PLAINTIFF UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY, IN THIS SURGERY, THE CONSERVE PLUS CUP WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A WRIGHT MEDICAL DYNASTY CUP; THE CONSERVE TOTAL A-CLASS HEADCOBALT-CHROMIUM HEAD WAS REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH A CONSERVE A-CLASS HEAD COBALT-CHROMIUM HEAD. ON (B)(6) 2021, PLAINTIFF HAD A REVISION SURGERY PERFORMED ON HIS LEFT HIP. DR. (B)(6) NOTED A MASSIVE PSEUDOTUMOR AND RELATED IT TO METALLOSIS. DR. (B)(6) , REMOVED THE WRIGHT MEDICAL COMPONENTS FROM PLAINTIFF, REVISION SURGERY OPERATIVE NOTES THAT THE SURGERY TOOK DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TIME OF NORMAL REVISION HIP REPLACEMENT. INVOLVED PSEUDOTUMOR DEBRIDEMENT AND EXTENSIVE EXPOSURE FOR STEM REMOVAL.

  Patient problems: Metal Related Pathology

  MAUDE report 14376687 ↗
• InjuryMay 7, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Device Dislodged or Dislocated; Insufficient Device Problem Information; Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available

  ALLEGEDLY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A REVISION DUE TO THE DISLOCATION OF THE CUP, SOME BLACK OR GRAY COLOR SYNOVIAL FLUID AND TUMOR WERE ALSO SEEN. (B)(6).

  Patient problems: Fluid Discharge; Metal Related Pathology; Reaction

  MAUDE report 10033212 ↗
• InjuryOct 16, 2019Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ALLEGEDLY, A TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT , PLAINTIFF CONTINUED TO ENDURE PERSISTENT, DEBILITATING PAIN AND DECREASED MOBILITY, HER LEFT HIP WAS REMOVE AND REPLACE. PLAINTIFF'S WRIGHT HIP SYSTEM DETACHED, DISCONNECTED, CREATED METALLIC DEBRIS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ADJACENT TISSUES AND/OR LOOSENED FROM PLAINTIFF'S ACETABULUM.

  Patient problems: Pain; Reaction

  MAUDE report 9198024 ↗
• InjuryMay 20, 2019Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT REVISED DUE TO MOM COMPLICATIONS. LEFT SADE#: 003-009L-1. ALLEGEDLY HIP LEFT REVISION WAS DUE TO INCREASED PAIN IN HIP.

  Patient problems: Pain; Reaction; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 8623376 ↗