2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

OpenFDA device adverse-event casebook.

FDA Class II (moderate risk, special controls required), regulated under 21 CFR §888.3070 (Orthopedic panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#353 of 1000 · 3,989 reports · 1997–2026

  • BOOK 3,989 reports
  • RANK #353 of 1000
  • DEATH 17 death-typed
  • INJ 2,401 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,517 malfunction
  • SPAN 1997–2026
  • PEAK 2013: 824
  • PHOTO Electrode

Nearest event-volume peer: Electrode, Ion Specific, Sodium (4 report gap)

Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation sits #353 of 1000 among tracked device types with 3,989 MAUDE reports spanning 1997–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Injury-coded reports run above the device-type norm

Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation carries 60.2% INJURY-coded reports, 29.9pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.4% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.1 pp)
  • INJ 60.2% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+29.9 pp)
  • MALF 38.0% corpus 64.8% · below corpus mean (-26.8 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 25% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SYNTHES (USA) accounts for 38% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 67% of location-tagged rows .

Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation carries 3,989 MAUDE reports, ranked #353 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Injury 2,401 (60.2%)
Malfunction 1,517 (38.0%)
Other 43 (1.1%)
Death 17 (0.4%)
11 (0.3%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

Required Intervention 2,164 (51.9%)
1,331 (31.9%)
Other 304 (7.3%)
Hospitalization 163 (3.9%)
R 145 (3.5%)
Death 17 (0.4%)
O 16 (0.4%)
S 11 (0.3%)
Disability 8 (0.2%)
H 5 (0.1%)
D 1 (0.0%)
L 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Break 1,033
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 651
Insufficient Device Problem Information 320
Fracture 243
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 233
Explanted 211
Device Slipped 206
Detachment Of Device Component 151
Migration or Expulsion of Device 146
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 141
Loose or Intermittent Connection 109
Material Separation 108
Replace 92
Loose 76
Material Integrity Problem 68
Mechanical Problem 63
Migration 61
Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available 60
Detachment of Device or Device Component 59
Disassembly 58

Yearly Trend

97
1997: 1
98
1998: 2
99
1999: 4
00
2000: 8
01
2001: 3
02
2002: 8
03
2003: 26
04
2004: 37
05
2005: 58
06
2006: 31
07
2007: 83
08
2008: 108
09
2009: 138
10
2010: 126
11
2011: 146
12
2012: 200
13
2013: 824
14
2014: 301
15
2015: 260
16
2016: 117
17
2017: 247
18
2018: 134
19
2019: 188
20
2020: 115
21
2021: 270
22
2022: 214
23
2023: 122
24
2024: 114
25
2025: 81
26
2026: 23

Reports in 2025 (81) held close to the prior two-year average of 118.

Related Entities for Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation

Event Locations

2,658 (66.6%)
I 1,085 (27.2%)
HOSPITAL 195 (4.9%)
HOME 20 (0.5%)
NO INFORMATION 19 (0.5%)
OTHER 8 (0.2%)
NOT APPLICABLE 2 (0.1%)
INVALID DATA 1 (0.0%)
UNKNOWN 1 (0.0%)

Compare SYNTHES (USA) vs SYNTHES USA →

Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation: nearest by total report volume and nearest by death-typed count, each floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (3,989 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (17 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Orthosis, Spinal Pedicle Fixation; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.