Tornier Perform® Reversed Glenoid DWJ135Recalls & reported problems

Summary

The FDA's MAUDE database contains 7 adverse event reports that list this exact device (DI 00846832089284), received between Jun 29, 2023 and Oct 21, 2025 — classified as 7 injuries.

Reports come from manufacturers, hospitals and patients and are not verified by the FDA. A report does not prove the device caused the event, and counts can't be used to compare devices or estimate failure rates. What reports can and can't tell you · How this data works · Data updated Oct 18, 2026.

Most reported problems

Recent adverse event reports

The 7 most recent of 7 reports, in the reporter's own words as published by the FDA.

• InjuryOct 21, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A REVISION SURGERY WAS PERFORMED USING THE BLUEPRINT PLANNING FEATURE. THE PATIENT HAD PREVIOUSLY UNDERGONE A PRIMARY SHOULDER PROCEDURE INVOLVING STRYKER/TORNIER IMPLANTS. FOLLOWING THE INITIAL SURGERY, THE PATIENT DEVELOPED AN INFECTION, AND ALL IMPLANTS WERE EXPLANTED WITH PLACEMENT OF AN ANTIBIOTIC SPACER. THE REVISION PROCEDURE INVOLVED REMOVAL OF THE SPACER AND CONVERSION TO A REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY.

  Patient problems: Post Operative Wound Infection

  MAUDE report 23346345 ↗
• InjuryJan 27, 2025Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT FELL RESULTING IN A PERIPROSTHETIC FRACTURE. ALL IMPLANTED COMPONENTS WERE REMOVED, AND A REVERSE PROSTHESIS WAS PLACED. NO IMAGES WERE PROVIDED. THE EXPLANTED IMPLANTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION PER HOSPITAL POLICY REQUIRING DISPOSAL OF EXPLANTED ITEMS.

  Patient problems: Bone Fracture(s); Fall

  MAUDE report 21242130 ↗
• InjuryJul 16, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE EXPLANT WAS DUE TO AN INFECTION. THE INFECTION WAS DETECTED DURING A POST-OP FOLLOW-UP AND LOCALIZED IN THE ANTERIOR INFERIOR DELTOPECTORAL INCISION. THE MICROORGANISM IDENTIFIED WAS C. ACNES. THE PATIENT HAD NO PRIOR INFECTIONS NEAR THE SURGERY SITE. THE STERILE BARRIER OF THE DEVICE PACKAGE WAS NOT COMPROMISED, AND NO RE-STERILIZATION OF THE DEVICE WAS PERFORMED BEFORE SURGERY. NO ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ALERTS RELATED TO THE DEVICE¿S STORAGE WERE RECORDED. THE INFECTION WAS RESOLVED BY PROSTHESIS EXPLANTATION AND INSERTION OF AN ANTIBIOTIC CEMENT SPACER. THE SURGEON NOTICED MILD INFLAMMATION AND REFERRED THE PATIENT TO INFECTIOUS DISEASE FOR ANTIBIOTICS.

  Patient problems: Inflammation; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 19757557 ↗
• InjuryMay 2, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  AFTER UNDERGOING REVISION SURGERY, THE PATIENT BECAME INFECTED, LEADING TO THE REMOVAL OF ALL IMPLANTS. THE INFECTION WAS DISCOVERED BY THE SURGEON, LOCALIZED IN THE SHOULDER JOINT. THE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE IMPLANTS OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTERWARD. MICROORGANISMS WERE NOT IDENTIFIED, AND THERE WAS NO PRIOR INFECTION NEAR THE SURGICAL SITE. THE STERILE BARRIER OF THE DEVICE PACKAGE REMAINED INTACT, AND NO RE-STERILIZATION WAS PERFORMED BEFORE SURGERY. NO ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ALERTS WERE RECORDED BEFORE THE SURGERY. THE INFECTION WAS REPORTED BY THE SURGEON, WHO THEN PROCEEDED TO REMOVE ALL IMPLANTS AND INSERT A CEMENT SPACER.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 19235115 ↗
• InjuryMar 29, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT UNDERWENT A REVISION SURGERY DUE TO A JOINT INFECTION. THE INFECTION WAS DETECTED THROUGH A SUPERFICIAL RASH NEAR THE INCISION SITE. THE IMPLANTS WERE REMOVED AND A DEPUY SPACER WAS IMPLANTED.

  Patient problems: Rash; Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 19005761 ↗
• InjuryMar 25, 2024Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT REQUIRED REVISION SURGERY DUE TO INFECTION.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 18972613 ↗
• InjuryJun 29, 2023Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem; Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem

  IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT PRESENTED WITH SUPERFICIAL INFECTION. THE PHYSICIAN TREATED THE INFECTION WITH IRRIGATION AND DEBRIDEMENT WITH SALINE AND VANCOMYCIN POWDER. ALL THE HARDWARE WAS LEFT IN THE PATIENT AS THE DOCTOR DEEMED THE INFECTION WAS NOT DEEP ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF THE IMPLANTS. THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND PRESCRIBED ANTIBIOTICS.

  Patient problems: Unspecified Infection

  MAUDE report 17233573 ↗