2026 data FDA MAUDE openFDA FDA Class II

Prosthesis, Shoulder, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer + Additive, Cemented

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 §888.3660 (Orthopedic panel).

FDA MAUDE casebook

openFDA event book Prosthesis LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#757 of 1000 · 755 reports · 2014–2026

  • BOOK 755 reports
  • RANK #757 of 1000
  • DEATH 1 death-typed
  • INJ 679 injury-typed
  • MALF 74 malfunction
  • SPAN 2014–2026
  • PEAK 2017: 176
  • PHOTO Mesh

Nearest event-volume peer: Mesh, Surgical, Non-Synthetic, Urogynecologic, For Stress Urinary Incontinence, Retropubic Or Transobturator (1 report gap)

Prosthesis, Shoulder, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer + Additive, Cemented sits #757 of 1000 among tracked device types with 755 MAUDE reports spanning 2014–2026. 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 89.9% INJURY-coded reports, 59.6pp 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 89.9% corpus 30.3% · above corpus mean (+59.6 pp)
  • MALF 9.8% corpus 64.8% · below corpus mean (-55.0 pp)

Lead product-problem code Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem is 31% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS accounts for 37% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 50% 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, Shoulder, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer + Additive, Cemented carries 755 MAUDE reports, ranked #757 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Injury 679 (89.9%)
Malfunction 74 (9.8%)
1 (0.1%)
Death 1 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

R 288 (27.1%)
Hospitalization 271 (25.5%)
Required Intervention 261 (24.6%)
Other 150 (14.1%)
69 (6.5%)
O 15 (1.4%)
S 3 (0.3%)
H 2 (0.2%)
Death 1 (0.1%)
Life Threatening 1 (0.1%)

Top Product Problems

Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 253
Insufficient Device Problem Information 115
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 107
Fracture 85
Unstable 65
Difficult to Insert 40
Migration or Expulsion of Device 20
Appropriate Device Problem Term/Code Not Available 17
Detachment Of Device Component 11
Fitting Problem 10
Mechanical Problem 10
Detachment of Device or Device Component 9
Difficult To Position 9
Loosening of Implant Not Related to Bone-Ingrowth 9
Patient Device Interaction Problem 9
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 8
Device-Device Incompatibility 8
Naturally Worn 8
Osseointegration Problem 6
Device Damaged by Another Device 5

Yearly Trend

14
2014: 30
15
2015: 55
16
2016: 63
17
2017: 176
18
2018: 94
19
2019: 17
20
2020: 7
21
2021: 7
22
2022: 9
23
2023: 64
24
2024: 85
25
2025: 88
26
2026: 60

Reports in 2025 (88) held close to the prior two-year average of 75.

Related Entities for Prosthesis, Shoulder, Semi-Constrained, Metal/Polymer + Additive, Cemented

Event Locations

377 (49.9%)
I 376 (49.8%)
HOSPITAL 2 (0.3%)

Compare BIOMET ORTHOPEDICS vs ZIMMER BIOMET, INC. →

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 (755 here).

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (1 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.