INTERTANRecalls & reported problems across all models
Smith & Nephew, Inc. · 7 models in the FDA device registry
Data updated Oct 18, 2026 from official FDA records · Editorial policy
- Adverse event reports
- 30
- Deaths reported
- 0
- Injuries reported
- 13
- Recalls
- 0
We found 7 models of INTERTAN by Smith & Nephew, Inc. in the FDA's device registry (GUDID). Together they are named in 30 adverse event reports in the FDA's MAUDE database, received between May 10, 2017 and Feb 18, 2026 — classified as 13 injuries, 17 malfunctions.
The most frequently reported specific device problem is “Break” (12 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. Widely used products collect more reports, so totals can't be used to compare products or estimate failure rates. Only reports that name a model's exact device identifier are counted. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works
Reports received per month, all models
Most reported INTERTAN problems
Device problems
- Break12
- Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem5
- Material Deformation3
- Material Twisted/Bent3
- Crack2
- Detachment of Device or Device Component2
- Fracture2
- Material Separation1
Patient problems
- No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions14
- Failure of Implant8
- Perforation4
- Discomfort2
- Inflammation2
- Fall1
- Injury1
- No Code Available1
INTERTAN models
7 models, most reported first. Each model has its own page with its reports, recalls and device details.
- INTERTAN 71934479NAIL, FIXATION, BONE12 reports
- INTERTAN 71934690ROD, FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY AND ACCESSORIES10 reports
- INTERTAN 71934480NAIL, FIXATION, BONE2 reports
- INTERTAN 71934691ROD, FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY AND ACCESSORIES2 reports
- INTERTAN 71934692ROD, FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY AND ACCESSORIES2 reports
- INTERTAN 71676574NAIL, FIXATION, BONE1 report
- INTERTAN 71934694ROD, FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY AND ACCESSORIES1 report
Recent INTERTAN adverse event reports
The 15 most recent reports across all models, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.
MalfunctionFeb 18, 2026Detachment of Device or Device Component
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN INTERTROCH FEMUR FRACTURE SURGERY, AN INTERTAN DRILL GUIDE EXTENDED IS CONSTANTLY MISSING THE NAIL. THE PROCEDURE WAS RESUMED, AFTER A NON-SIGNIFICANT DELAY, WITH A CHANGE IN THE SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. NO ADDITIONAL ANESTHESIA WAS REQUIRED. NO FURTHER COMPLICATIONS WERE REPORTED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 24377035 ↗MalfunctionMay 14, 2025Detachment of Device or Device Component; Detachment of Device or Device Component
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN INTERNAL FIXATION SURGERY, THE THREADED METAL INSERT CAME OUT OF ONE (1) INTERTAN DRILL GUIDE EXTENDED. THE PROCEDURE WAS RESUMED, AFTER A NON-SIGNIFICANT DELAY, USING THE SAME DEVICE. NO INJURY WAS REPORTED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS ISSUE.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 22019562 ↗MalfunctionFeb 10, 2025Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN ORIF SURGERY, THE ORANGE HANDLE OF ONE (1) CURVED CANNULATED AWL BROKE. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED, AND IF THERE WAS ANY DELAY. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AS A RESULT.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 21351224 ↗MalfunctionDec 12, 2024Material Twisted/Bent; Material Twisted/Bent
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN ORIF SURGERY, ONE (1) INTERTAN DRILL GUIDE EXTENDED WAS BENT SO IT MISSED THE DISTAL TARGETED SCREW HOLE, RESULTING IN AN UNPLANNED HOLE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A CHANGE IN SURGICAL TECHNIQUE USING PERFECT CIRCLES TO TARGET THE DISTAL HOLE. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS SURGICAL DELAY. NO INJURY HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT.
Patient problems: Perforation
MAUDE report 20913127 ↗MalfunctionDec 12, 2024Material Twisted/Bent; Material Twisted/Bent
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN ORIF SURGERY, ONE (1) INTERSTRAIN DRILL GUIDE EXTENDED WAS BENT SO IT MISSED THE DISTAL TARGETED SCREW HOLE, RESULTING IN AN UNPLANNED HOLE. THE PROCEDURE WAS COMPLETED WITH A CHANGE IN SURGICAL TECHNIQUE USING PERFECT CIRCLES TO TARGET THE DISTAL HOLE. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THERE WAS SURGICAL DELAY. NO INJURY HAS BEEN REPORTED AS A RESULT.
Patient problems: Perforation
MAUDE report 20912910 ↗MalfunctionDec 4, 2024Material Twisted/Bent; Material Twisted/Bent
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, DURING AN ORIF SURGERY, ONE (1) INTERTAN DRILL GUIDE EXTENDED WAS BENT SO IT MISSED THE DISTAL TARGETED SCREW HOLE, RESULTING IN AN UNPLANNED HOLE. THIS PROCEDURE WAS RESUMED AFTER A NON-SIGNIFICANT DELAY WITH A CHANGE IN SURGICAL TECHNIQUE, USING PERFECT CIRCLES TO TARGET THE DISTAL HOLE. NO OTHER INJURY WAS REPORTED AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS ISSUE.
Patient problems: Perforation
MAUDE report 20844851 ↗InjuryNov 15, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION PERFORMED ON (B)(6)2023, THE PATIENT FELL AT HOME, THUS DETERMINING THE REMOVAL OF THE INTERTAN 10MM X 24CM 125D AND TRIGEN LOW PROFILE SCREW 5.0MM X 30MM IN A REVISION SURGERY PERFORMED ON (B)(6)2024. THE LAG SCREW WAS REMOVED PREVIOUSLY (LOGGED ON (B)(4)) PRIOR TO THE PATIENT FALLING. THE CURRENT HEALTH STATUS OF THE PATIENT IS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Fall
MAUDE report 20700823 ↗InjuryMar 18, 2024Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION SURGERY HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON (B)(6) 2023, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PROXIMAL PORTION BREAKAGE OF THE NAIL. THIS ADVERSE EVENT WAS ADDRESSED BY REVISION SURGERY ON (B)(6) 2024, IN WHICH THE ENTIRE NAIL WAS REMOVED. SURGEON THEN WENT TO REMOVE THE COMPRESSION SCREW, WHICH THEN REALIZED THE TIP WAS BROKEN OFF. HE WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE COMPRESSION SCREW BY SLIDING AN OSTEOTOME INFERIOR TO THE COMPRESSION SCREW TO CREATE SOME SPACE, AND THEN HE SLID THAT SAME OSTEOTOME IN BETWEEN THE LAG AND COMPRESSION SCREW TO SEPARATE THEM. HE REMOVED THE LAG SCREW AND PULLED THE REMAINING COMPRESSION SCREW OUT WITH A BULLDOG. HE THEN USED A STRYKER NAIL EXTRACTOR TO GET THE REST OF THE NAIL OUT. PATIENT'S CURRENT HEALTH STATUS IS UNKNOWN.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 18927060 ↗MalfunctionMar 15, 2024Fracture; Separation Failure; Fracture; Separation Failure
IT WAS REPORTED THAT DURING SURGERY ONE (1) EXTENDED GUIDE BOLT WAS CROSS THREADED ONTO THE NAIL THROUGH ONE (1) INTERTAN DRILL GUIDE EXTENDED AND IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO REMOVE THE BOLT FROM THE NAIL. IT SEEMS THE INSTRUMENT FRACTURED OFF DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. IT IS UNKNOWN IF PIECES FELL INTO THE PATIENT. THE PROCEDURE WAS RESUMED, AFTER A DELAY GREATER THAN 30 MIN, WITH AN UNSPECIFIED CHANGE IN SURGICAL TECHNIQUE.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 18915217 ↗InjuryNov 7, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION PROCEDURE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT'S RIGHT FEMUR ON (B)(6) 2017 TO TREAT AN INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED PAIN IN THE LATERAL PORTION OF THE RIGHT HIP AND TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS. IN OR AROUND (B)(6) 2019, THE PATIENT RECEIVED A STEROID INJECTION TO RELIEF THESE SYMPTOMS. ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE CLINICAL COURSE OF THE PATIENT WERE NOT PROVIDED. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOTICED IN A RETROSPECTIVE POST-MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY (PMCF)], ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COLLECT IT, WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TO RETRIEVE FURTHER INFORMATION. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DISCLOSED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.
Patient problems: Inflammation; Pain
MAUDE report 15749629 ↗InjurySep 24, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION PROCEDURE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT'S LEFT FEMUR ON (B)(6) 2016 TO TREAT A COMMINUTED INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED LATERAL INTERMITTENT HIP PAIN AND TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS FORTY THREE (43) WEEKS POSTOPERATIVELY. THE PATIENT WAS TREATED WITH A CORTICOSTEROID INJECTION IN OR AROUND (B)(6) 2017 TO RELIEF THE SYMPTOMS. ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE CLINICAL COURSE OF THE PATIENT WERE NOT PROVIDED. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOTICED IN A RETROSPECTIVE POST-MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY (PMCF)], ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COLLECT IT, WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TO RETRIEVE FURTHER INFORMATION.
Patient problems: Discomfort; Inflammation
MAUDE report 15480417 ↗InjurySep 23, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION PROCEDURE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE PATIENT'S LEFT FEMUR ON (B)(6) 2017 TO TREAT AN INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LATERAL HIP PAIN, A PROXIMAL SCREW BACKING OUT AND DEVELOPED A LIMB LENGTH DISCREPANCY DUE TO HEALED FRACTURE REDUCTION 59.7 WEEKS POSTOPERATIVELY. THE PATIENT UNDERWENT THE PROXIMAL SCREW REMOVAL ON (B)(6) 2018 AND HARDWARE EXCHANGE TO A TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY ON (B)(6) 2018. ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING THE CLINICAL COURSE OF THE PATIENT WERE NOT PROVIDED. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOTICED IN A RETROSPECTIVE POST-MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY (PMCF)], ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COLLECT IT, WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TO RETRIEVE FURTHER INFORMATION. ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN DISCLOSED. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, A SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED ACCORDINGLY.
Patient problems: Discomfort; Failure of Implant; Unequal Limb Length
MAUDE report 15474964 ↗InjurySep 20, 2022Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, FOLLOWING A TRAUMA REVISION SURGERY WHERE A LAG/COMP SCREW KIT WAS EXCHANGED DUE TO EARLY PAINFUL CUTOUT, SLIGHT PENETRATION INTO THE ACETABULUM AND A SUSTAINED FEMORAL NECK FRACTURE ON (B)(6) 2021 ((B)(4)), THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED A STABLE COLLAPSE OF THE SUPERIOR ASPECT OF THE FEMORAL HEAD WITH SCREW INTRUSION INTO THE HIP JOINT AS STATED WITHIN NOTES RELATED TO AN OFFICE VISIT CONDUCTED IN OR AROUND (B)(6) 2022 WHERE POSTOPERATIVE X-RAYS WERE ANALYZED. THE SURGEON RECOMMENDED EITHER A HARDWARE REMOVAL OR A CONVERSION TO A TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENT SYSTEM AS OPTIONS TO TREAT THESE COMPLICATIONS, BUT THE PATIENT WAS NOT INTERESTED IN THESE OPTIONS. FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE PATIENT'S FINAL OUTCOME ARE NOT KNOWN. THIS INCIDENT WAS NOTICED IN A RETROSPECTIVE POST-MARKET CLINICAL FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY (PMCF)], ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NOT KNOWN, AND IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO COLLECT IT, WE DO NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT NEGATIVE FEEDBACK TO RETRIEVE FURTHER INFORMATION.
Patient problems: Perforation
MAUDE report 15459779 ↗InjurySep 24, 2021Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AFTER AN INTERNAL FIXATION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED ON AN UNSPECIFIED DATE, AN INTERTAN 10MM X 24CM 125D BROKE OFF. ON (B)(6) 2021 THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BROKEN NAIL AND A SYNTHES COMPRESSION PLATE WAS IMPLANTED INSTEAD. PATIENT OUTCOME REMAINS UNKNOWN. CLINICAL INFORMATION NOT AVAILABLE.
Patient problems: Failure of Implant
MAUDE report 12526502 ↗MalfunctionSep 20, 2021Break; Break
IT WAS REPORTED THAT, AN INTERTAN 10MM X 24CM 125D WAS BROKEN. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THIS HAPPENED DURING SURGERY OR NOT, THEREFORE PATIENT INVOLVEMENT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED.
Patient problems: No Clinical Signs, Symptoms or Conditions
MAUDE report 12498060 ↗
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Sources and updates
- Models: FDA GUDID, file dated Oct 13, 2026. Models are grouped by the brand name the manufacturer registered.
- Adverse event reports: FDA MAUDE, file dated Oct 14, 2026
- 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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