CONSERVE® 38CH3800Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 4 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI M68438CH38001), received between Feb 17, 2020 and Feb 22, 2024 — classified as 4 injuries.

The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Insufficient Device Problem Information” (3 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. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 16, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 4 most recent of 4 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryFeb 22, 2024Break; Break

  ALLEGEDLY, ON (B)(6) 2015, THE PATIENT HAD A TOTAL LEFT HIP REPLACEMENT AND RECEIVED A WRIGHT PROFEMUR STEM, THE SIZE 9, STANDARD OFFSET DYNASTY SHELL SIZE 54, CLASS A LINER, SIZE 38 AND 6.5 X 35 MM. CANCELLOUS SCREW, SLEEVE FOR THE SHORT NECK AND THE CERAMIC 38 MM. HEAD.ON (B)(6) 2023 ( LESS THAN 8 YRS. AFTER THE SURGERY) AT 6:00 AM LYING IN BED THERE WAS A LOUD POP AND THE PATIENT COULD NOT USE HIS LEFT LEG. HE WENT TO THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE THEY TOOK AN X-RAY AND STATED "YOUR HIP DEVICE HAS FAILED". THE X-RAY REVEALED A FRACTURE IN THE CERAMIC HEAD OF THE HIP DEVICE. BY THE TIME THE PATIENT COULD GET A HIP REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6), THE CERAMIC HEAD HAD BROKEN IN TO 15-20 SHARDS WHICH THE SURGEON HAD TO REMOVE. THE PATIENT HAS NOW RECOVERED AND IS PHYSICALLY BETTER. THE PATIENT IS WRITING BECAUSE HE BELIEVES HE IS ENTITLED TO SOME SORT OF COMPENSATION FOR THE FAILURE OF THE HIP DEVICE AND CONSEQUENT PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 18760326 ↗
• InjuryJan 31, 2022Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ALLEGEDLY, COMPONENTS REVISED FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. HIGH MBI.

  Patient problems: Insufficient Information

  MAUDE report 13397179 ↗
• InjuryJul 15, 2021Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED DO TO UNKNOWN REASONS, AFTER A LEFT HIP ARTHROPLASTY.

  Patient problems: Appropriate Clinical Signs, Symptoms and Conditions Term/Code Not Available

  MAUDE report 12175868 ↗
• InjuryFeb 17, 2020Insufficient Device Problem Information; Insufficient Device Problem Information

  ALLEGEDLY, PATIENT WAS REVISED DUE TO ELEVATED COBALT ION LEVELS, PAIN AND STIFFENS OF THE HIP. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEVICE FAILED DUE TO CORROSION OF THE OBLONG TAPER OF MODULAR NECK WHERE IT SEATED IN THE POCKED OF THE TITANIUM STEM.

  Patient problems: Loss of Range of Motion; Pain

  MAUDE report 9717029 ↗