2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

Prosthesis, Hip, Constrained, Cemented Or Uncemented, Metal/Polymer, + Additive

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 §888.3310 (Orthopedic panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Prosthesis LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#468 of 1000 · 2,276 reports · 2015–2026

  • BOOK 2,276 reports
  • RANK #468 of 1000
  • DEATH 2 death-typed
  • INJ 1,072 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,200 malfunction
  • SPAN 2015–2026
  • PEAK 2018: 278
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Prosthesis, Hip, Constrained, Cemented Or Uncemented, Metal/Polymer, + Additive sits #468 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,276 MAUDE reports spanning 2015–2026. 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

Prosthesis carries 47.1% INJURY-coded reports, 16.8pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.1% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.4 pp)
  • INJ 47.1% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+16.8 pp)
  • MALF 52.7% corpus 64.8% · below corpus mean (-12.1 pp)

Lead product-problem code Difficult to Insert is 25% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. accounts for 85% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 54% of location-tagged rows .

Prosthesis in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Prosthesis, Hip, Constrained, Cemented Or Uncemented, Metal/Polymer, + Additive carries 2,276 MAUDE reports, ranked #468 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 1,200 (52.7%)
Injury 1,072 (47.1%)
2 (0.1%)
Death 2 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,221 (40.9%)
R 501 (16.8%)
Hospitalization 496 (16.6%)
Required Intervention 315 (10.6%)
Other 230 (7.7%)
H 174 (5.8%)
O 31 (1.0%)
Death 7 (0.2%)
S 4 (0.1%)
D 2 (0.1%)
L 1 (0.0%)
Disability 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Difficult to Insert 555
Fracture 373
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 278
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 215
Insufficient Device Problem Information 138
Positioning Failure 102
Difficult To Position 62
Separation Failure 58
Material Deformation 54
Detachment of Device or Device Component 48
Component or Accessory Incompatibility 47
Packaging Problem 47
Damaged Thread 46
Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth 40
Device Contaminated During Manufacture or Shipping 38
Fitting Problem 36
Device-Device Incompatibility 33
Difficult to Remove 31
Migration or Expulsion of Device 29
Naturally Worn 27

Yearly Trend

15
2015: 26
16
2016: 199
17
2017: 231
18
2018: 278
19
2019: 245
20
2020: 185
21
2021: 133
22
2022: 128
23
2023: 255
24
2024: 255
25
2025: 237
26
2026: 104

Reports in 2025 (237) held close to the prior two-year average of 255.

Related Entities for Prosthesis, Hip, Constrained, Cemented Or Uncemented, Metal/Polymer, + Additive

Event Locations

I 1,227 (53.9%)
1,042 (45.8%)
HOSPITAL 6 (0.3%)
NO INFORMATION 1 (0.0%)

Compare ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. vs BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS →

Nationwide devices with a comparable volume-and-death footprint

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Prosthesis: 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 (2,276 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (2 here), distinct from the volume row.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Prosthesis 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 Prosthesis; 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.