Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Metal, Resurfacing
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 MAUDE casebook
openFDA event book Prosthesis LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE
#262 of 1000 · 6,864 reports · 2004–2026
- BOOK 6,864 reports
- RANK #262 of 1000
- DEATH 18 death-typed
- INJ 6,558 injury-typed
- MALF 115 malfunction
- SPAN 2004–2026
- PEAK 2014: 700
- PHOTO Heart-Valve
Nearest event-volume peer: Heart-Valve, Mechanical (25 report gap)
Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Metal, Resurfacing sits #262 of 1000 among tracked device types with 6,864 MAUDE reports spanning 2004–2026. 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 0.3% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.3 pp)
- INJ 95.5% corpus 30.4% · above corpus mean (+65.1 pp)
- MALF 1.7% corpus 64.5% · below corpus mean (-62.8 pp)
Lead product-problem code Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem is 30% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS LTD accounts for 82% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 58% of location-tagged rows .
Prosthesis in the event-volume neighbourhood
FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers
- Warmer
Warmer, Thermal, Infusion Fluid
6,957 reports
- Laryngoscope
Laryngoscope, Rigid
6,912 reports
- Heart-Valve
Heart-Valve, Mechanical
6,889 reports
- Prosthesis (this)
Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Metal, Resurfacing
6,864 reports
- Pad
Pad, Heating, Powered
6,792 reports
- Prosthesis
Prosthesis, Hip, Hemi-, Acetabular, Cemented, Metal
6,780 reports
What this shows Prosthesis, Hip, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Metal, Resurfacing carries 6,864 MAUDE reports, ranked #262 of 1000.
Event Types
Patient Outcomes
FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.
Top Product Problems
Yearly Trend
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Top Manufacturers
Event Locations
Compare SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS LTD vs SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, LTD. →
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 (6,864 here).
Similar death-typed counts
Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (18 here), distinct from the volume row.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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.