The Recall Desk

Hazard

Hydrogel Misplacement recalls

1 recall in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
1
Critical
0
Severe
0
Most recent
2022-05-04

Of the 1 hydrogel misplacement recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 0 (0%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all hydrogel misplacement recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

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  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-1002-2022·2022-05-04

    Boston Scientific SpaceOAR System Embolism Risk from Hydrogel Misplacement

    FDA recalls Boston Scientific's SpaceOAR System due to risk of embolism from incorrect hydrogel placement during prostate cancer radiotherapy. Updated instructions provide verification steps for proper placement.

    Product
    SpaceOAR System, UPN SO-1010, SO-2101, SO-3101, and SO-4101. Used to temporarily position the anterior rectal wall away from the prostate during radiotherapy for prostate cancer to reduce the radiation dose delivered to the anterior rectum.
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide