2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA

Prosthesis, Hip, Femoral Component, Cemented, Metal

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

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openFDA event book Prosthesis LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#270 of 1000 · 6,593 reports · 1992–2026

  • BOOK 6,593 reports
  • RANK #270 of 1000
  • DEATH 11 death-typed
  • INJ 3,165 injury-typed
  • MALF 3,396 malfunction
  • SPAN 1992–2026
  • PEAK 2021: 1,206
  • PHOTO Toothbrush, Powered

Nearest event-volume peer: Toothbrush, Powered (32 report gap)

Prosthesis, Hip, Femoral Component, Cemented, Metal sits #270 of 1000 among tracked device types with 6,593 MAUDE reports spanning 1992–2026. 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 →

Event-type mix vs corpus

Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.2% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.4 pp)
  • INJ 48.0% corpus 30.4% · above corpus mean (+17.6 pp)
  • MALF 51.5% corpus 64.5% · below corpus mean (-13.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 33% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. accounts for 70% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location I is 55% 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, Femoral Component, Cemented, Metal carries 6,593 MAUDE reports, ranked #270 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 3,396 (51.5%)
Injury 3,165 (48.0%)
Other 14 (0.2%)
Death 11 (0.2%)
7 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

3,442 (45.8%)
Required Intervention 1,883 (25.1%)
Hospitalization 787 (10.5%)
R 765 (10.2%)
Other 454 (6.0%)
H 88 (1.2%)
O 67 (0.9%)
Death 15 (0.2%)
Life Threatening 5 (0.1%)
D 1 (0.0%)
S 1 (0.0%)
Invalid Data 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Break 1,826
Fracture 882
Insufficient Information 641
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 405
Material Twisted/Bent 216
Crack 194
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 190
Material Deformation 183
Naturally Worn 143
Appropriate Term/Code Not Available 136
Connection Problem 98
Detachment of Device or Device Component 84
Defective Device 73
Material Fragmentation 73
Corroded 64
Loss of Osseointegration 62
Loose or Intermittent Connection 53
Mechanical Problem 53
Unstable 45
Biocompatibility 41

Yearly Trend

92
1992: 26
93
1993: 57
94
1994: 30
95
1995: 8
97
1997: 1
98
1998: 8
99
1999: 8
00
2000: 6
01
2001: 8
02
2002: 13
03
2003: 9
04
2004: 14
05
2005: 41
06
2006: 28
07
2007: 28
08
2008: 19
09
2009: 38
10
2010: 37
11
2011: 25
12
2012: 49
13
2013: 84
14
2014: 145
15
2015: 391
16
2016: 383
17
2017: 328
18
2018: 447
19
2019: 333
20
2020: 1,046
21
2021: 1,206
22
2022: 886
23
2023: 289
24
2024: 300
25
2025: 265
26
2026: 37

Related Entities for Prosthesis, Hip, Femoral Component, Cemented, Metal

Event Locations

I 3,612 (54.8%)
2,730 (41.4%)
HOSPITAL 207 (3.1%)
HOME 14 (0.2%)
INVALID DATA 12 (0.2%)
OTHER 9 (0.1%)
NO INFORMATION 4 (0.1%)
UNKNOWN 4 (0.1%)
NURSING HOME 1 (0.0%)

Compare SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. vs ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Prosthesis, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (6,593 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (11 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.